girls:
646 births since 1970
#5070 (11th percentile)
boys:
172 births since 1973
#4414 (4th percentile)
overall:
818 births since 1970
#6921 (11th percentile)
The name Shylo is the #6,921 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 818 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 10.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,070 (11.3% percentile) for all time with 646 births since 1970. For boys, it ranks #4,414 (3.7% percentile) for all time with 172 births since 1973.
Shylo first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (1970 for girls and 1973 for boys).
The name Shylo has been given predominantly to girls, with 79.0% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 37.8% of babies named Shylo were girls.
For girls, Shylo reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 3.0% percentile (ranked #733) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 17 births per million (ranked 3.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Shylo ranks #938 for girls (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 47.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Shylo reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #893) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Shylo is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #893 (2.0% percentile) with 13 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shylo".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Shylo. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Shylo is pronounced as SHAI-loh, which has 2 syllables.
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