Silena — girls' name
145 babies named Silena in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
145 girls have been named Silena since 1962, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1997.
- 145
- total births
- 1962–1997
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
42% of everyone ever named Silena was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Silena in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Silena
The Social Security Administration has registered 145 babies named Silena between 1962 and 1997, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Silena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Silena performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 61 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Silena shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Silena 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 145 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.
Silena at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Silena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1962
- Peak year (1978)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1997.
145 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 13 births in a single year.
Silena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 61 births that decade — 42% of Silena's all-time total
Silena decade highlights
- Peak decade 61 births
- Runner-up 44 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Silena's strongest decade
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1962–1997 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.