Siler — #11539 US boys' name
164 babies named Siler in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 19% of names given to boys today.
50% of everyone ever named Siler was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Siler in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Siler
The Social Security Administration has registered 164 babies named Siler between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Siler currently holds the #11539 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Siler performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Siler shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Siler in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Siler 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 164 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.
Siler at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Siler popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2000
- Peak year (2008)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
Currently ranks #11539 among boys.
164 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 11 births in a single year.
Siler by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 82 births that decade — 50% of Siler's all-time total
Siler decade highlights
- Peak decade 82 births
- Runner-up 56 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Siler's strongest decade
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Siler by state
Where Siler concentrates geographically — total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 3.0% |
5 of 164 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2000–2024 (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.