How rare is the name Shiloh?

12,323 people in the United States have the first name Shiloh, about 1 in 24,510. It ranks #2,160 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SHILOH

#2,160

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,323
About
1 in 24,510
This common or more
78.8%
Who bears it

Of the 12,323 people named Shiloh, 59.1% reported their origin as White, 14.9% as Black and 11.9% as Hispanic or Latino. 67.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Shiloh peaked in 2025, when 2,318 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19692025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
2,318
In 2025*
2,318
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 24,531 babies have been given the name since 1969. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Shiloh by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #396. The largest share of babies named Shiloh, 65.2%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#13,98612
1970s#1,8751,077
1980s#2,1531,026
1990s#2,0931,470
2000s#1,5063,070
2010s#8287,414
2020s#39610,462
Generation X 1965–805%
Millennials 1981–967.3%
Generation Z 1997–1222.5%
2013 and later65.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Shiloh is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Shiloh has been most common in Florida (2.2×), Hawaii (2.1×), and Colorado (1.9×), and least common in Nebraska (0.34×).

19,652 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Shiloh

#2,158 Amani · 12,337#2,159 Lela · 12,330#2,161 Salma · 12,322#2,162 Tyra · 12,317

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Shiloh, most common first.

#6,794 Shilo · 2,319#15,522 Shilah · 740#17,700 Shyloh · 618#50,640 Shiloe · 118

Also a last name

As a last name, Shiloh ranks #72,473 of 156,621, with 289 people. See Shiloh as a last name

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