Girls' name · since 1978
Shilow
Shilow has 15 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1978 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #50,203 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1978
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shilow sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 15 recorded since 1978.
Shilow has 15 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2011.
- #50,203 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 15 born since 1978
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shilow ranks #50,203 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 1978, peaking in the 1970s.
- #50,203 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1978
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shilow's 15 recorded births place it above 30.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shilow's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shilow splits its recorded history at 1979: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births).
Shilow popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2011
- Peak year (1978)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Shilow by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (10 births, 67% of the file).
1970s was Shilow's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Shilow births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).
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- Shilow's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 2010s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shilow: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~33 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1978–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shilow draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.