Shiloh

What Shiloh means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Shiloh yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Used for both: 53% of US babies named Shiloh in 2025 were boys Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Shiloh?

US: Rising: up from #892 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #950 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 1,220 boys got the name (#278 that year). First in the US records in 1969.

How common

• About 1 in 1,400 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 4,059 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in HI (3.77 per 1,000 boys), DC (3.56 per 1,000 boys), AR (1.67 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Shiloh is #278 in the US and #578 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 52.6% of US babies named Shiloh were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Shilo142 US
• Shylo27 US · 3 E&W
• Shyloh22 US
• Shailoh9 US
• Chiloh8 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Shiloh

Boys

• Salem#679Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #679 vs #1,359 in 2025
• Adriel#84“flock of God”^*
• Samson#477Editor’s note Up from #618 in 2015 to #477 in 2025 in the US
• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*
• Jethro#952Editor’s note Up from #1,481 in 2015 to #952 in 2025 in the US
• Ezra#20Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #93 in 2015, #20 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters

For a sister

• Salem#435Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,425 in 2015, #435 in 2025
• Elsie#123Diminutive of Alison, meaning “of noble kind”^*
• Ariella#174Form of Ariel, meaning “lion of God”^*
• Noah#624Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,588 in 2015, #624 in 2025
• Rivka#628Same root as Rebecca, meaning “enchantingly beautiful, captivating…^*
• Ruth#173Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 26,102 babies; 1,781 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Shiloh’s. Rank is US 2025.