Girls' name · since 1992
Silka
Silka has 70 recorded births since 1992 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1998 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,170 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,363 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 70
- born since 1992
- 2010s
- peak decade
Silka currently ranks #12363 among girls' names in America, with 70 babies recorded since 1992.
Silka has 70 recorded births among girls since 1992, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12363 as of the latest data, more common than 29% 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 1992 to 2025.
- #31,170 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,363 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 70 born since 1992
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Silka ranks #31,170 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,363 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 70 born since 1992, peaking in the 2010s.
- #31,170 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,363 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 70
- born since 1992
- 2010s
- peak decade
Silka's 70 recorded births place it above 56.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Silka compares
70 20th percentile among 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
Silka's all-time total is 81% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Silka | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 70 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Silka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Silka splits its recorded history at 2011: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2018 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Silka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Silka by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (34 births, 49% of the file).
2010s was Silka's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Silka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
16 births
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
34 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 34 births (49% of all-time use).
Silka by state
Where Silka concentrates geographically, total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 35 | 50.0% |
35 of 70 births nationwide.
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What to do with Silka's data
- Silka's decade-level peak was the 2010s (34 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Silkas (35 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 Silka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1992–2025 (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 Silka 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.