Silvia — #1163 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Silvia

The Social Security Administration has registered 21,084 babies named Silvia between 1884 and 2024, spanning 141 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Silvia currently holds the #1163 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 374 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Silvia performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 3,254 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Silvia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7,300 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Silvia in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Silvia 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 21,084 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.