Shilo

#4,546 for girls in 2025, 30 births · #1,341 for boys in 2025, 142 births
Given to girls 59.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
#1,341
1978 · 89 births
Debut · girls
1970
38 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,853
since 1970

Shilo over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201977peak #1,341, 1978girlsboysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,54630#1,341142
2024#4,89327#1,661101
2023#6,40918#1,76592
2022#5,63822#2,96242
2021#6,41418#3,91227
2020#5,85020#4,27523
2019#8,13813#5,55516
2018#5,00726#5,54016
2017#7,84014#5,78815
2016#6,18620#5,55516
2015#6,23620#6,32413
2014#6,45119#4,70220
2013#6,72918#8,7898
2012#5,11427#8,8648
2011#4,46632#6,57812
2010#3,57244#4,51721
2009#5,09728#4,92219
2008#4,55033#4,71420
2007#4,47533#5,90114
2006#5,54524#7,42710
2005#5,60022#8,2998
2004#8,71612#8,1438
2003#6,57617#4,81516
2002#5,89719#9,3926
2001#6,06718#5,66712
2000#6,48716#4,38917
1999#3,97029#5,03513
1998#4,02328#6,8438
1997#3,81529#3,26122
1996#3,94227#3,83017
1995#4,34823#2,68527
1994#3,37233#3,03023
1993#3,29034#3,81916
1992#3,34333#3,74816
1991#3,81727#2,98921
1990#3,62329#4,99310
1989#3,56628#3,44616
1988#3,39328#3,52314
1987#3,42426#2,72519
1986#2,84533#3,00516
1985#3,24627#3,21614
1984#2,73033#3,45912
1983#2,19844#3,23013
1982#2,18546#2,59618
1981#2,08549#2,33821
1980#1,62471#2,44420
1979#1,55574#1,51039
1978#1,34189#2,06823
1977#1,62165#2,27020
1976#1,61961#1,78128
1975#1,45970#1,70429
1974#1,44869#1,58231
1973#1,69053#1,87123
1972#2,17335#2,08019
1971#2,37532#2,97311
1970#2,12038#3,2829
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First appearance
1970

The first year at least five girls were named Shilo! It came in at #2,120, and was given to 38 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 2003–2004, when fewer than 18 girls a year got the name.

Where Shilo is popular in 1977

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #481 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,383 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Shilo, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oklahoma#481 · 1 in 3,383

Best ever in a state: #329 in Utah, 1978.

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Oklahoma#48151 in 3,383
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See more about Shilo
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 347 spots since 2024 (#4,893 → #4,546)
  • 1,304 spots since 2020 (#5,850 → #4,546)
  • 1,690 spots since 2015 (#6,236 → #4,546)
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1970
  • Peaked 1978 at #1,341 (89 births)
  • Births halved by 1983, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 17,212
  • Highest: 1 in 17,212 girls born in 1978 were named Shilo (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 53,576 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 31.6% of all girls named Shilo (586) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2019
  • Mostly girls until 2018, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s586#1,341 (1978)#1,740
1980s385#1,624 (1980)#2,730
1990s292#3,290 (1993)#3,754
2000s222#4,475 (2007)#5,901
2010s233#3,572 (2010)#5,974
2020s135#4,546 (2025)#5,625

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Shilo in 1977

girls
#1,621
65 births · 1 in 23,587 girls
boys
#2,270
20 births · 1 in 82,161 boys

Top girls' names in 1977

  1. #1Jennifer58,964
  2. #2Melissa26,879
  3. #3Amy26,729
  4. #4Jessica24,846
  5. #5Heather23,773
  6. #6Angela20,998
  7. #7Michelle19,540
  8. #8Kimberly18,286
  9. #9Amanda18,278
  10. #10Kelly18,234
  11. #1,621Shilo65

Top boys' names in 1977

  1. #1Michael67,587
  2. #2Jason55,631
  3. #3Christopher46,721
  4. #4David40,515
  5. #5James40,040
  6. #6Robert34,214
  7. #7John34,195
  8. #8Brian32,492
  9. #9Matthew31,965
  10. #10Joseph26,483
  11. #2,270Shilo20
More about 1977

girls

1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 23,587 of them was named Shilo, which outranked 85.7% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shilo
  1. #1,609Maribeth66
  2. #1,609Rosalia66
  3. #1,609Shanelle66
  4. #1,621Shilo65
  5. #1,621Andre65
  6. #1,621Ashia65
  7. #1,621Daniell65
  8. #1,637Aleshia64
  9. #1,637Ali64
  10. #1,637Cody64

Tied with 15 names at #1,621; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,746Shawnte#2,486 → #740
  2. ↑ 1,077Jacklyn#2,060 → #983
  3. ↑ 775Talia#1,482 → #707
  4. ↑ 605Haley#1,047 → #442
  5. ↑ 576Raven#1,154 → #578
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,033Liberty#543 → #1,576
  2. ↓ 464Luciana#545 → #1,009
  3. ↓ 441Danyel#999 → #1,440
  4. ↓ 428Chaka#897 → #1,325
  5. ↓ 322Catina#861 → #1,183

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 82,161 of them was named Shilo, which outranked 66.9% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shilo
  1. #2,202Valentine21
  2. #2,202Zacharia21
  3. #2,202Zakee21
  4. #2,270Shilo20
  5. #2,270Adams20
  6. #2,270Alma20
  7. #2,270Alphonzo20
  8. #2,361Abran19
  9. #2,361Adriano19
  10. #2,361Akbar19

Tied with 90 names at #2,270; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,102Lavar#5,587 → #485
  2. ↑ 4,753Kinte#5,587 → #834
  3. ↑ 969Jedidiah#1,873 → #904
  4. ↑ 811Conor#1,748 → #937
  5. ↑ 704Amin#1,608 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 427Jerimy#963 → #1,390
  2. ↓ 322Demetrios#990 → #1,312
  3. ↓ 246Nakia#790 → #1,036
  4. ↓ 244Baron#977 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 235Hakim#878 → #1,113

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1977 →