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.
Where Silvia is popular in 2020
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#804 · 1 in 3,719
- Wisconsin#829 · 1 in 4,155
- Missouri#937 · 1 in 4,896
- California#1,105 · 1 in 6,969
- Illinois#1,190 · 1 in 6,965
Best ever in a state: #165 in California, 1974.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #804 | 6 | 1 in 3,719 |
| Wisconsin | #829 | 5 | 1 in 4,155 |
| Missouri | #937 | 5 | 1 in 4,896 |
| California | #1,105 | 25 | 1 in 6,969 |
| Illinois | #1,190 | 7 | 1 in 6,965 |
| North Carolina | #1,230 | 6 | 1 in 7,272 |
| Texas | #1,417 | 16 | 1 in 9,559 |
| New York | #1,514 | 8 | 1 in 9,948 |
| Florida | #1,580 | 7 | 1 in 11,494 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 2020
Top girls' names in 2020
More about 2020
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1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 10,296 of them was named Silvia, which outranked 92.1% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,373Serafina158
- #1,373Sherlyn158
- #1,373Susanna158
- #1,389Silvia157
- #1,389Adina157
- #1,389Anniston157
- #1,389Blayke157
- #1,398Alessa156
- #1,398Althea156
- #1,398Eila156
Tied with 8 names at #1,389; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.