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

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Peak · girls
1974 · 356 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
21,272
since 1884

Silvia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Silvia has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201904peak #493, 1974girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,235182—
2024#1,160207—
2023#1,377163—
2022#1,401163—
2021#1,347164—
2020#1,389157—
2019#1,274182—
2018#1,399160—
2017#1,529144—
2016#1,371171—
2015#1,388170—
2014#1,228199—
2013#1,267187—
2012#1,291184—
2011#1,266188—
2010#1,278186—
2009#1,073238—
2008#1,231205—
2007#1,084241—
2006#1,050244—
2005#985248—
2004#1,003235—
2003#971239—
2002#1,031210—
2001#870263—
2000#852258—
1999#880243—
1998#799266—
1997#797260—
1996#719293—
1995#696304—
1994#660324#7,7706
1993#669327—
1992#610372—
1991#602374—
1990#608371—
1989#598359—
1988#566363#7,2705
1987#692265—
1986#598323#6,7215
1985#589330#3,40113
1984#603296#4,9737
1983#572314—
1982#548345#6,3855
1981#543343—
1980#580317—
1979#535351#6,0565
1978#552316—
1977#546324—
1976#527333—
1975#513346—
1974#493356—
1973#567290—
1972#535315—
1971#591295—
1970#584299—
1969#546327—
1968#561291—
1967#561282—
1966#571274#3,9485
1965#551296—
1964#628261—
1963#637251—
1962#616265—
1961#624269—
1960#670229—
1959#634246—
1958#622251—
1957#611255—
1956#626235—
1955#607232—
1954#810135—
1953#803131—
1952#791130—
1951#789127—
1950#89199—
1949#91594—
1948#97180—
1947#1,04772—
1946#92282—
1945#1,01558—
1944#1,02958—
1943#1,14350—
1942#1,03757—
1941#1,11744—
1940#1,03548—
1939#1,07944—
1938#1,05546—
1937#1,25533—
1936#1,16537—
1935#1,08441—
1934#1,48125—
1933#1,36428—
1932#2,13015—
1931#1,17537—
1930#1,40330—
1929#1,70422—
1928#1,29035—
1927#1,17243—
1926#1,09647—
1925#1,34735—
1924#1,61228—
1923#1,01555—
1922#1,30936—
1921#1,18442—
1920#1,17142—
1919#96754—
1918#1,12643—
1917#1,11041—
1916#1,05943—
1915#1,17334—
1914#1,26224—
1913#1,40517—
1912#91930—
1911#1,11316—
1910#99719—
1909#1,05215—
1908#1,4399—
1907#1,20611—
1906#1,4168—
1905#1,23810—
1904#1,8775—
1903#96913—
1902#1,02412—
1901#1,06710—
1900#1,10612—
1899#93512—
1898#1,1719—
1897#93112—
1896#1,1229—
1895#1,4266—
1894#1,2377—
1893——
1892——
1891——
1890#1,0997—
1889#1,0257—
1888#1,2765—
1887#9377—
1886#8977—
1885——
1884#9306—
1883——
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First appearance
1884

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 1904

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Silvia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
90 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1974 at #493 (356 births)
  • Births halved by 2015, 41 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 66 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 66 yrs · run 1948–2001
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,122
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 15.3% of all girls named Silvia (3,255) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s32#897 (1886)#1,013
1890s62#931 (1897)#1,132
1900s105#969 (1903)#1,239
1910s321#919 (1912)#1,113
1920s385#1,015 (1923)#1,290
1930s336#1,055 (1938)#1,319
1940s643#915 (1949)#1,023
1950s1,841#607 (1955)#718
1960s2,745#546 (1969)#597
1970s3,225#493 (1974)#544
1980s3,255#543 (1981)#589
1990s3,134#602 (1991)#704
2000s2,381#852 (2000)#1,015
2010s1,771#1,228 (2014)#1,329
2020s1,036#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 1904

girls
#1,877
5 births · 1 in 55,072 girls

Top girls' names in 1904

  1. #1Mary14,961
  2. #2Helen6,488
  3. #3Anna5,330
  4. #4Margaret5,302
  5. #5Ruth4,900
  6. #6Elizabeth3,833
  7. #7Marie3,595
  8. #8Florence3,572
  9. #9Mildred3,525
  10. #10Dorothy3,477
  11. #1,877Silvia5
More about 1904

girls

275,362 girls got a published name in 1904; 1 in 55,072 of them was named Silvia, which outranked 13.3% of the 2,165 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Silvia
  1. #1,659Zellie6
  2. #1,659Zelphia6
  3. #1,659Zillie6
  4. #1,877Silvia5
  5. #1,877Adabelle5
  6. #1,877Adda5
  7. #1,877Adelaida5

Tied with 288 names at #1,877; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1903
Risers
  1. ↑ 882Electa#1,592 → #710
  2. ↑ 882Edris#1,792 → #910
  3. ↑ 827Lannie#1,792 → #965
  4. ↑ 827Madalyn#1,792 → #965
  5. ↑ 800Amber#1,440 → #640
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,041Genie#836 → #1,877
  2. ↓ 981Doshie#896 → #1,877
  3. ↓ 981Matilde#896 → #1,877
  4. ↓ 908Aida#969 → #1,877
  5. ↓ 908Silvia#969 → #1,877

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1904 →