Shiloh

Where Shiloh comes from

From Biblical Hebrew שִׁילֹה \ שִׁלֹה (shiló).
— Wiktionary's entry for Shiloh
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1969
    First appearance
    #7,471 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1978
    Shiloh Strong born
    actor, producer, screenwriter, director
  3. 1985
    Shiloh Fernandez born
    American actor
  4. 2024
    Peak, #260
    1,222 babies named Shiloh — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2025
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Shiloh Fernandez · American actor, born 1985
  • Shiloh Strong · actor, producer, screenwriter, director, born 1978
  • Shiloh Keo · player of American football, born 1987
  • Shiloh Jolie · daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, born 2006
  • Shiloh Walker · American writer, born 1950

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.