Shiloh
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Shiloh
Cool meets Born Again meets Brad and Angelina, who made Shiloh an instant star when they chose it for their daughter. While Shiloh has risen from obscurity thanks to its celebrity baby use, it hasn't become a star the way brother names Maddox and Pax have. It entered the Top 1000 in 2007, one year after the birth of Ms. Jolie-Pitt.
Shiloh for girls#281 US
The town of Shiloh is mentioned several times in the Old Testament--it was where Joshua and the Israelites assembled to cast lots for the seven tribes and for many years it was where the Ark of the Covenant resided, becoming a place of pilgrimage. Shiloh is also the site in Tennessee of a major, bloody, Civil War battle.
Trivia tidbit: Shiloh is the name Angelina Jolie's parents had picked for their first child before her mother miscarried.
Shiloh for boys#278 US
Haunting biblical and Civil War place-name; now unisex—especially after the mega-high-profile Brangelina couple picked it for their daughter. It debuted in the Top 1000 for boys in 2015.
Many people may associate this name with the 1990s family film about a dog.
Pronounced SHY-lo.
As of October 2026, Shiloh ranked #281 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #260 in 2024, Nameberry popularity #330.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #604 | 482 | #1,034 | 196 |
| 2015 | #606 | 484 | #894 | 247 |
| 2016 | #605 | 498 | #868 | 259 |
| 2017 | #582 | 519 | #813 | 279 |
| 2018 | #560 | 557 | #706 | 344 |
| 2019 | #465 | 672 | #691 | 367 |
| 2020 | #453 | 683 | #615 | 443 |
| 2021 | #410 | 774 | #580 | 484 |
| 2022 | #344 | 935 | #485 | 630 |
| 2023 | #286 | 1,106 | #389 | 819 |
| 2024 | #260 | 1,216 | #336 | 1,032 |
| 2025 | #281 | 1,098 | #278 | 1,220 |
World rankings
Shiloh for girls
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- Shiloh HogansonGirl
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- Shiloh WalkerGirl
American romance novelist
- Shlomit "Shiloh" MalkaGirl
Israeli model
- Shiloh Nouvel JolieGirl
Pitt (b. 2006), daughter of actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
- Shiloh Thomas FernandezBoy
American actor
- Shiloh KeoBoy
American NFL football player
- Shiloh King StrongBoy
American actor/director; brother of actor Rider Strong
- Shiloh SelassieBoy
American actor
- Shiloh Silva Pownall (b. 2016)Boy
son of actress Gabriella Wilde and musician Alan Pownall
Shiloh in pop culture
- Shiloh McCullenGirl
character on "The Fosters"
- ShilohGirl
film & book by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor about a dog named Shiloh
- ShilohGirl
ancient city mentioned in Hebrew Bible
- ShilohGirl
mentioned in Genesis 49:10, (reference to the coming of Christ)
- Shiloh ShepherdGirl
a breed of dog
- "ShilohBoth
" song by David Berkeley
- The Battle of ShilohGirl
AKA The Battle of Pittsburg Landing (a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, fought April 6,7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee)
- "ShilohBoy
" novel by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor about a dog named Shiloh
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Biblical city in Israel
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mentioned in Genesis 49:10, in Jacob's blessing of his son Judah
- Shiloh ShepherdBoy
breed of dog
- ShilohBoy
early band of musician Don Henley
- The Battle of ShilohBoy
major battle in the American Civil War, fought April 6,7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee