Silas — #81 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Silas

The Social Security Administration has registered 70,772 babies named Silas between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Silas currently holds the #81 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 4,108 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Silas performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 29,617 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Silas shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 4,454 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Silas in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Silas in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 70,772 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.