Silva
- Last seen for girls in 2023 at #13,462
- Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
- Given to girls 98.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1892 · 5 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 901since 1892
Silva over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Silva has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | — | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | — | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | — | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | — | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | — | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | — | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | — | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | — | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | — | |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | — | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | — | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | — | |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,476 | 16 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | — | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,420 | 16 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,300 | 13 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,102 | 19 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,963 | 18 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,161 | 16 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,460 | 14 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | — | |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | — | |
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | — | |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | #3,194 | 9 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | — | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,809 | 12 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,590 | 13 | — | |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | — | |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | — | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | — | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | — | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | — | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1892
The first year at least five girls were named Silva! It came in at #1,450, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1892–1901, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Silva is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Silva in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Silva
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1892
- Peaked 1892 at #1,450 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1893, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 42,468
- Highest: 1 in 42,468 girls born in 1892 were named Silva (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,430 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 16.2% of all girls named Silva (146) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,450 (1892) | #1,450 |
| 1900s | 24 | #1,594 (1902) | #1,758 |
| 1910s | 70 | #2,144 (1912) | #2,979 |
| 1920s | 91 | #2,590 (1920) | #3,381 |
| 1930s | 74 | #2,317 (1937) | #3,260 |
| 1940s | 29 | #2,963 (1940) | #3,839 |
| 1950s | 69 | #3,489 (1957) | #4,289 |
| 1960s | 146 | #2,963 (1967) | #3,475 |
| 1970s | 125 | #3,943 (1971) | #4,827 |
| 1980s | 106 | #4,476 (1983) | #6,018 |
| 1990s | 92 | #5,051 (1992) | #7,951 |
| 2000s | 35 | #9,482 (2002) | #13,047 |
| 2010s | 29 | #14,124 (2017) | #14,878 |
| 2020s | 6 | #13,462 (2023) | #13,462 |
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.
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