Silver
#3,342 for girls in 2025, 46 births · #5,045 for boys in 2025, 19 births
Given to girls 76.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1935 · 13 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,749since 1915
Silver over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,342 | 46 | #5,045 | 19 |
| 2024 | #3,335 | 47 | #4,433 | 23 |
| 2023 | #3,014 | 55 | #4,886 | 20 |
| 2022 | #3,703 | 41 | #5,215 | 18 |
| 2021 | #3,339 | 47 | #5,110 | 18 |
| 2020 | #3,841 | 37 | #4,855 | 19 |
| 2019 | #3,130 | 51 | #7,173 | 11 |
| 2018 | #3,918 | 37 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2017 | #3,436 | 45 | #6,338 | 13 |
| 2016 | #3,182 | 51 | #6,726 | 12 |
| 2015 | #3,705 | 41 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | #4,103 | 36 | #5,485 | 16 |
| 2013 | #4,156 | 35 | #5,171 | 17 |
| 2012 | #3,782 | 41 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #4,466 | 32 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | #3,516 | 45 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #4,370 | 34 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,799 | 19 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #7,868 | 15 | #6,094 | 13 |
| 2005 | #7,138 | 16 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 | #5,877 | 12 |
| 2002 | #4,621 | 26 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #6,067 | 18 | #5,390 | 13 |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #5,424 | 19 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #4,238 | 26 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,105 | 38 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #4,184 | 25 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | — | |
| 1994 | #4,845 | 20 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #4,671 | 21 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #4,686 | 21 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #3,722 | 28 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #3,714 | 28 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,253 | 32 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #2,867 | 36 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,419 | 25 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,340 | 41 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,310 | 41 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,167 | 18 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | — | |
| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | — | |
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | — | |
| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | — | |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | — | |
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | — | |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 | — | |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | — | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | — | |
| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 | — | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | — | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | — | |
| 1942 | — | #3,560 | 5 | |
| 1941 | #2,846 | 10 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,305 | 13 | — | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | — | #3,361 | 6 | |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | — | |
| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | — | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | #2,904 | 9 |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 | #2,632 | 11 |
| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | — | |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | — | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 | #2,829 | 8 |
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | #2,273 | 7 | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
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| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #722 | 10 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
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| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Silver! It came in at #3,134, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1917, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Silver
- 7 spots since 2024 (#3,335 → #3,342)
- 499 spots since 2020 (#3,841 → #3,342)
- 363 spots since 2015 (#3,705 → #3,342)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1935 at #2,305 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1942, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 29,174 girls born in 2023 were named Silver (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 34,941 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,305 in 1935, was only 1 in 80,660 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.7% of all girls named Silver (414) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1973, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 34 | #2,515 (1919) | #3,439 |
| 1920s | 47 | #3,164 (1928) | #4,113 |
| 1930s | 72 | #2,305 (1935) | #3,110 |
| 1940s | 63 | #2,762 (1944) | #3,730 |
| 1950s | 64 | #3,309 (1957) | #4,577 |
| 1960s | 49 | #4,184 (1960) | #5,546 |
| 1970s | 58 | #5,109 (1972) | #6,496 |
| 1980s | 252 | #2,310 (1983) | #3,904 |
| 1990s | 238 | #3,105 (1997) | #4,563 |
| 2000s | 185 | #4,370 (2009) | #6,859 |
| 2010s | 414 | #3,130 (2019) | #3,739 |
| 2020s | 273 | #3,014 (2023) | #3,429 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Silver in 1915
Top girls' names in 1915
Top boys' names in 1915
More about 1915
girls
983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 122,982 of them was named Silver, which outranked 36.9% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,900Zilla9
- #2,900Zofia9
- #2,900Zonie9
- #3,134Silver8
- #3,134Adalene8
- #3,134Adalyn8
- #3,134Adria8
- #3,434Adelyne7
- #3,434Albertia7
- #3,434Alexine7
Tied with 299 names at #3,134; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 106,072 of them was named Silver, which outranked 35.6% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).