Silvia
Silvia is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 206 births. Its best rank was 494th, in 1974.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 2060.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1991374 births
- Best rank
- #494in 1974
- Since 1884
- 21,084people given the name
The story in the numbers
21,084 girls have been named Silvia in the United States since 1884, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 374 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1982, and the 1980s alone account for 15%. It has spent 62 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Silvia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 32 | |
| 1890s | 62 | |
| 1900s | 105 | |
| 1910s | 321 | |
| 1920s | 385 | |
| 1930s | 336 | |
| 1940s | 643 | |
| 1950s | 1,841 | |
| 1960s | 2,743 | |
| 1970s | 3,225 | |
| 1980s | 3,254 | |
| 1990s | 3,134 | |
| 2000s | 2,380 | |
| 2010s | 1,771 | |
| 2020s | 852 |
In 1991, its biggest year
Silvia was the 603rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1991 were Ashley, Jessica, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1991.
Names that rose and fell with Silvia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Suzannapeak 1973
- Susannahpeak 1975
- Lynnaepeak 1971
- Luzpeak 1999
- Susanapeak 1993
- Maryapeak 1971
- Leapeak 1970
- Katrinpeak 1977
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.