Mostly girls · peaked in 2024
Shiloh name popularity since 1925
24,531 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Shiloh (61.6% girls, 38.4% boys). Half of them were born in 2018 or earlier, so the typical Shiloh is about 8 years old in 2026. Shiloh peaked in 2024 as the #260 name for girls, and it ranked #281 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 24,531
- Named Shiloh, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #281
- for girls in 2025 (1,098 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 61.6% girls
- 15,117 girls · 9,414 boys
- Most popular in
- Florida
- 2.11× its national share
Peak year is the year Shiloh made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Shiloh births per year, 1925–2025
2024 was the biggest year for Shiloh both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2004 and 2009, Shiloh became 4.9× more common, from 1 in 17,800 baby girls to 1 in 3,610.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Shiloh's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Shiloh.
Decade by decade
Babies named Shiloh in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 5 | 7 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 647 | 430 | #1,871 |
| 1980s | 650 | 376 | #2,074 |
| 1990s | 852 | 618 | #1,760 |
| 2000s | 2,082 | 988 | #2,203 |
| 2010s | 5,057 | 2,357 | #605 |
| 2020–25 | 5,824 | 4,638 | #281 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
65.2% of babies named Shiloh from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Shiloh is most popular
The index compares Shiloh's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Shiloh.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | 2.11× | 1,516 |
| Colorado | 1.81× | 443 |
| Georgia | 1.72× | 947 |
| Tennessee | 1.67× | 699 |
| Maryland | 1.51× | 459 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Shiloh and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Shiloh (this page) | 15,117 | 2024 |
| Shilo | 1,853 | 1978 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Shiloh's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Shiloh.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Shiloh (2024).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data