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Shilo

Shilo: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“his gift; tranquil”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
SHY-loh · 2 syllables
Used for
Both (62% girls, 38% boys since 1880)

Usually a variant spelling of Shiloh, a biblical place name of Hebrew origin. The exact interpretation is debated, but common associations include tranquility or gift.

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How popular is Shilo?

202438.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Shilo in 2024127

2024 rank#1,664 boys

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18802,950

Shilo is rising: use over the last five years is 2.0× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Shilo

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Shilohpossibly tranquil, or place name of Shiloh · Hebrew
  • Jordanto flow down · Hebrew
  • Ariellion of God · Hebrew
  • Arilion · Hebrew
  • Salempeace · Hebrew
  • AzariahYahweh has helped · Hebrew
  • Jamiesupplanter · Hebrew
  • JessieGod beholds · Hebrew

Shilo questions

What does the name Shilo mean?

Shilo means "his gift; tranquil". It comes from Hebrew. Usually a variant spelling of Shiloh, a biblical place name of Hebrew origin. The exact interpretation is debated, but common associations include tranquility or gift.

Is Shilo a boy or girl name?

Shilo is used for both: about 62% of US babies named Shilo since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Shilo?

127 US babies were named Shilo in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Shilo?

Shilo is usually pronounced SHY-loh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.