Girls' name · since 1985
Sila
510 babies named Sila in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,709 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,941 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 510
- born since 1985
- 2010s
- peak decade
510 babies have been named Sila since 1985, making it today's #3941 girls' name.
Sila has 510 recorded births among girls since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3941 as of the latest data, more common than 77% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2025.
- #11,709 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,941 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 510 born since 1985
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sila ranks #11,709 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,941 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 510 born since 1985, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,709 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,941 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 510
- born since 1985
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sila's 510 recorded births place it above 83.81% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Sila compares
510 Top 45% higher than 55% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sila's all-time total is 36% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sila | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 510 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 43 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sila's full recorded timeline at 2013, 74% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 26% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1985, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 43 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 43
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Sila by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (241 births, 47% of the file).
2010s was Sila's strongest decade.
241 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Sila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s 66
2000s
66 births
- 2010s
2010s
241 births
- 2020s
2020s
191 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 241 births (47% of all-time use).
How Sila compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Sila's total volume
Sila by state
Where Sila concentrates geographically, total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 38 | 7.5% |
| #2 | California | | 22 | 4.3% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 18 | 3.5% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 16 | 3.1% |
| #5 | Florida | | 7 | 1.4% |
38 of 510 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Sila's data
- Sila's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (241 total births) through the 2020s (191) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Silas (38 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sila: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~40 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1985–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sila draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.