Girls' name · since 1966
Silke
48 babies named Silke in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #35,559 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 48
- born since 1966
- 1960s
- peak decade
Silke sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 48 recorded since 1966.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Silke has been recorded 48 times among girls since 1966, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 2005.
- #35,559 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 48 born since 1966
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Silke ranks #35,559 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 48 born since 1966, peaking in the 1960s.
- #35,559 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 48
- born since 1966
- 1960s
- peak decade
Silke's 48 recorded births place it above 50.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Silke's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Silke splits its recorded history at 1976: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1966 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1969 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Silke popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–2005
- Peak year (1969)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Silke by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (19 births, 40% of the file).
1960s was Silke's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Silke births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
19 births
- 1970s
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 19 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Silke's decade-level peak was the 1960s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Silke: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1969)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1966–2005 (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 Silke 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.