# Shiloh (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shiloh/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈʃaɪloʊ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 24,531 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9,414 / 15,117 (62% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,495, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew שִׁילֹה \ שִׁלֹה (shiló).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 466 | 622 |
| 2012 | 450 | 636 |
| 2013 | 446 | 631 |
| 2014 | 482 | 604 |
| 2015 | 485 | 605 |
| 2016 | 498 | 605 |
| 2017 | 519 | 582 |
| 2018 | 558 | 558 |
| 2019 | 673 | 465 |
| 2020 | 683 | 453 |
| 2021 | 774 | 411 |
| 2022 | 938 | 343 |
| 2023 | 1,109 | 283 |
| 2024 | 1,222 | 260 |
| 2025 | 1,098 | 281 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 169 | 1,100 |
| 2012 | 170 | 1,101 |
| 2013 | 168 | 1,105 |
| 2014 | 196 | 1,034 |
| 2015 | 247 | 894 |
| 2016 | 260 | 866 |
| 2017 | 279 | 813 |
| 2018 | 344 | 707 |
| 2019 | 367 | 691 |
| 2020 | 444 | 615 |
| 2021 | 485 | 579 |
| 2022 | 630 | 485 |
| 2023 | 820 | 389 |
| 2024 | 1,039 | 334 |
| 2025 | 1,220 | 278 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 40 | 894 |
| 2012 | 27 | 1,210 |
| 2013 | 33 | 1,075 |
| 2014 | 30 | 1,155 |
| 2015 | 27 | 1,240 |
| 2016 | 31 | 1,112 |
| 2017 | 34 | 1,043 |
| 2018 | 20 | 1,526 |
| 2019 | 38 | 936 |
| 2020 | 40 | 894 |
| 2021 | 40 | 884 |
| 2022 | 51 | 718 |
| 2023 | 63 | 600 |
| 2024 | 77 | 510 |
| 2025 | 53 | 696 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 1,158 |
| 2012 | 30 | 962 |
| 2013 | 22 | 1,147 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,421 |
| 2015 | 31 | 950 |
| 2016 | 29 | 994 |
| 2017 | 18 | 1,398 |
| 2018 | 36 | 851 |
| 2019 | 41 | 768 |
| 2020 | 40 | 781 |
| 2021 | 38 | 825 |
| 2022 | 47 | 714 |
| 2023 | 54 | 651 |
| 2024 | 67 | 567 |
| 2025 | 67 | 578 |

## People named Shiloh

- Shiloh Fernandez, American actor
- Shiloh Strong, actor, producer, screenwriter, director

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.