Shylo — #7324 US unisex name
661 babies named Shylo in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 59% of names given to girls today.
21% of everyone ever named Shylo was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Shylo in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shylo
The Social Security Administration has registered 661 babies named Shylo between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shylo currently holds the #7324 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 29 babies received it in a single year. Shylo is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 196 additional births since 1973.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shylo performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 136 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shylo shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shylo in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shylo in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 661 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Shylo at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shylo popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1970
- Peak year (2008)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
Currently ranks #7324 among girls.
661 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 29 births in a single year.
Shylo popularity over time — boys
196 total births recorded since 1973 (Shylo as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Shylo accounts for 23% of total recorded use across both genders.
Shylo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 136 births that decade — 21% of Shylo's all-time total
Shylo decade highlights
- Peak decade 136 births
- Runner-up 134 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shylo's strongest decade
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Shylo by state
Where Shylo concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 0.8% |
5 of 661 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 0.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.