Shiloh
Shiloh is classified as a mostly female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Mostly female
- Confidence
- High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States
- US records 1880–2017
- 4,046 male / 8,037 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Shiloh
If you do not know Shiloh’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Shiloh,” in English, “Guten Tag Shiloh,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Shiloh,
German
Guten Tag Shiloh,
French
Bonjour Shiloh,
Spanish
Estimado/a Shiloh:
Chinese
Shiloh您好：
Japanese
Shiloh様
English
Hi Shiloh,
German
Hi Shiloh,
French
Salut Shiloh,
Spanish
Hola Shiloh,
Chinese
Shiloh你好：
Japanese
Shilohさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | common | woman's name |
United States birth data
4,046 male · 8,037 female · 12,083 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 32.8% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Shiloh a male or female name?
Shiloh is classified as a mostly female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Shiloh in an email?
If you do not know Shiloh’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Shiloh,” in English, “Guten Tag Shiloh,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Shiloh a unisex name?
Shiloh is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Shiloh a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/shiloh. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_shiloh,
title = {Is Shiloh a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/shiloh},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}