NameTides

Shilo

Shilo was the #1,341 boys' name in the US in 2025 (142 babies), and #3,153 in Canada.

Shilo as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Shilo as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Shilo as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,341 (142)—#3,153 (5)
2024#1,661 (101)——
2023#1,765 (92)#4,992 (3)—
2022#2,962 (42)#4,002 (4)—
2021#3,912 (27)——
2020#4,275 (23)——
2019#5,555 (16)——
2018#5,540 (16)#4,749 (3)—
2017#5,788 (15)——
2016#5,555 (16)——
2015#6,324 (13)——
2014#4,702 (20)——
2013#8,789 (8)—#2,606 (5)
2012#8,864 (8)——
2011#6,578 (12)——

Shilo as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Shilo as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020US
Shilo as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#4,546 (30)——
2024#4,893 (27)——
2023#6,409 (18)——
2022#5,638 (22)——
2021#6,414 (18)——
2020#5,850 (20)——
2019#8,138 (13)——
2018#5,007 (26)#4,684 (4)—
2017#7,840 (14)——
2016#6,186 (20)——
2015#6,236 (20)——
2014#6,451 (19)——
2013#6,729 (18)——
2012#5,114 (27)#4,838 (4)—
2011#4,466 (32)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,341.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1970.
  • In 2025, 17% of US babies named Shilo were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 12,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 32,000rare
USGirls2025about 1 in 53,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Shilo is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,600 to 1 in 10,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Shilo by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #898WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,829CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #798VAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #825NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,096GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,094TXFlorida: #1,353FL
Shilo (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ShiloCanadaGirls—too few
ShiloCanadaBoys#3,1535
ShiloEngland & WalesGirls—too few
ShiloEngland & WalesBoys—too few
ShiloUSGirls#4,54630
ShiloUSBoys#1,341142