girls:
1.8k births since 1970
#3986 (30th percentile)
boys:
1k births since 1970
#3566 (22nd percentile)
overall:
2.8k births since 1970
#5085 (34th percentile)
The name Shilo is the #5,085 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,823 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 34.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 34.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,986 (30.2% percentile) for all time with 1,796 births since 1970. For boys, it ranks #3,566 (22.2% percentile) for all time with 1,027 births since 1970.
Shilo first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 .
The name Shilo has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (63.6% of all recorded births). In 2023, 16.4% of babies named Shilo were girls.
For girls, Shilo reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 11.1% percentile (ranked #672) with 54 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 54 births per million (ranked 11.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Shilo ranks #934 for girls (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 19.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Shilo reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 9.6% percentile (ranked #824) with 50 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 50 births per million (ranked 9.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Shilo is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #824 (9.6% percentile) with 50 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shilo".
These names exclude other spelling variations of Shiloh. View all variations of Shiloh.
These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Shilo", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 10 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Shiloh" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Shiloh..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Shilo. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 79.5% confident that Shilo is pronounced as SHAI-loh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHEE-loh, at 20.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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