Silva — girls' name

What the Data Says About Silva

The Social Security Administration has registered 901 babies named Silva between 1892 and 2023, spanning 132 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Silva currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Silva performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 146 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Silva shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 101 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Silva in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Silva 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 901 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.