Silvia
#1,235 for girls in 2025, 182 births · Last seen for boys in 1994 at #7,770
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1974 · 356 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 21,272since 1884
Silvia over time
Rank among girls' names. Silvia has never cracked the top 400 here.
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 | #1,235 | 182 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,160 | 207 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,377 | 163 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,401 | 163 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,347 | 164 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,389 | 157 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,274 | 182 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,399 | 160 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,529 | 144 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,371 | 171 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,388 | 170 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,228 | 199 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,267 | 187 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,291 | 184 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,266 | 188 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,278 | 186 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,073 | 238 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,231 | 205 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,084 | 241 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,050 | 244 | — | |
| 2005 | #985 | 248 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,003 | 235 | — | |
| 2003 | #971 | 239 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,031 | 210 | — | |
| 2001 | #870 | 263 | — | |
| 2000 | #852 | 258 | — | |
| 1999 | #880 | 243 | — | |
| 1998 | #799 | 266 | — | |
| 1997 | #797 | 260 | — | |
| 1996 | #719 | 293 | — | |
| 1995 | #696 | 304 | — | |
| 1994 | #660 | 324 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #669 | 327 | — | |
| 1992 | #610 | 372 | — | |
| 1991 | #602 | 374 | — | |
| 1990 | #608 | 371 | — | |
| 1989 | #598 | 359 | — | |
| 1988 | #566 | 363 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #692 | 265 | — | |
| 1986 | #598 | 323 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #589 | 330 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #603 | 296 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #572 | 314 | — | |
| 1982 | #548 | 345 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #543 | 343 | — | |
| 1980 | #580 | 317 | — | |
| 1979 | #535 | 351 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #552 | 316 | — | |
| 1977 | #546 | 324 | — | |
| 1976 | #527 | 333 | — | |
| 1975 | #513 | 346 | — | |
| 1974 | #493 | 356 | — | |
| 1973 | #567 | 290 | — | |
| 1972 | #535 | 315 | — | |
| 1971 | #591 | 295 | — | |
| 1970 | #584 | 299 | — | |
| 1969 | #546 | 327 | — | |
| 1968 | #561 | 291 | — | |
| 1967 | #561 | 282 | — | |
| 1966 | #571 | 274 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #551 | 296 | — | |
| 1964 | #628 | 261 | — | |
| 1963 | #637 | 251 | — | |
| 1962 | #616 | 265 | — | |
| 1961 | #624 | 269 | — | |
| 1960 | #670 | 229 | — | |
| 1959 | #634 | 246 | — | |
| 1958 | #622 | 251 | — | |
| 1957 | #611 | 255 | — | |
| 1956 | #626 | 235 | — | |
| 1955 | #607 | 232 | — | |
| 1954 | #810 | 135 | — | |
| 1953 | #803 | 131 | — | |
| 1952 | #791 | 130 | — | |
| 1951 | #789 | 127 | — | |
| 1950 | #891 | 99 | — | |
| 1949 | #915 | 94 | — | |
| 1948 | #971 | 80 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,047 | 72 | — | |
| 1946 | #922 | 82 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,015 | 58 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,029 | 58 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,143 | 50 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,037 | 57 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,117 | 44 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,035 | 48 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,079 | 44 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,055 | 46 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,255 | 33 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,165 | 37 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,084 | 41 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,481 | 25 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,364 | 28 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,130 | 15 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,175 | 37 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,403 | 30 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,704 | 22 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,290 | 35 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,172 | 43 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,096 | 47 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,347 | 35 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,612 | 28 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,015 | 55 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,309 | 36 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,184 | 42 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,171 | 42 | — | |
| 1919 | #967 | 54 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,126 | 43 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,110 | 41 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,059 | 43 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,173 | 34 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,262 | 24 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,405 | 17 | — | |
| 1912 | #919 | 30 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,113 | 16 | — | |
| 1910 | #997 | 19 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,052 | 15 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,206 | 11 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,238 | 10 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
| 1903 | #969 | 13 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,024 | 12 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,067 | 10 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,106 | 12 | — | |
| 1899 | #935 | 12 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 | — | |
| 1897 | #931 | 12 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,122 | 9 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,237 | 7 | — | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | — | |
| 1887 | #937 | 7 | — | |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | #930 | 6 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Silvia! It came in at #930, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Silvia
- 75 spots since 2024 (#1,160 → #1,235)
- 154 spots since 2020 (#1,389 → #1,235)
- 153 spots since 2015 (#1,388 → #1,235)
- Biggest jump: 236 spots in 1899 (#1,171 → #935)
- Biggest drop: 908 spots in 1904 (#969 → #1,877)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1974 at #493 (356 births)
- Births halved by 2015, 41 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 66 yrs · run 1948–2001
- Highest: 1 in 4,122 girls born in 1974 were named Silvia (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,831 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 15.3% of all girls named Silvia (3,255) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 32 | #897 (1886) | #1,013 |
| 1890s | 62 | #931 (1897) | #1,132 |
| 1900s | 105 | #969 (1903) | #1,239 |
| 1910s | 321 | #919 (1912) | #1,113 |
| 1920s | 385 | #1,015 (1923) | #1,290 |
| 1930s | 336 | #1,055 (1938) | #1,319 |
| 1940s | 643 | #915 (1949) | #1,023 |
| 1950s | 1,841 | #607 (1955) | #718 |
| 1960s | 2,745 | #546 (1969) | #597 |
| 1970s | 3,225 | #493 (1974) | #544 |
| 1980s | 3,255 | #543 (1981) | #589 |
| 1990s | 3,134 | #602 (1991) | #704 |
| 2000s | 2,381 | #852 (2000) | #1,015 |
| 2010s | 1,771 | #1,228 (2014) | #1,329 |
| 2020s | 1,036 | #1,160 (2024) | #1,318 |
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.
Silvia in 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 4,906 of them was named Silvia, which outranked 95.9% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 382,857 of them was named Silvia, which outranked 14.4% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,225 names at #7,270; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.