Boys' name · since 1926
Silvan
Silvan has 102 recorded births since 1926 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,309 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,767 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 102
- born since 1926
- 2020s
- peak decade
102 babies have been named Silvan since 1926, making it today's #7767 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Silvan recorded 102 times among boys since 1926, holding rank #7767 nationally today, ahead of 44% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1926 to 2025.
- #17,309 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,767 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 102 born since 1926
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Silvan ranks #17,309 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,767 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 102 born since 1926, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,309 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,767 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 102
- born since 1926
- 2020s
- peak decade
Silvan's 102 recorded births place it above 61.91% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Silvan compares
102 26th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Silvan's all-time total is 72% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Silvan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 102 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Silvan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Silvan's full recorded timeline at 2017, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1926, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Silvan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1926–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 100 years of records
Silvan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (47 births, 46% of the file).
2020s was Silvan's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Silvan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1950s 8
1950s
8 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
37 births
- 2020s
2020s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 47 births (46% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Silvan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1926–2025 (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 Silvan 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.