Silvio
Silvio was given to 45 boys in 2025, #2,829 among boys’ names; 3,000 Americans have been recorded with it since 1905 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,420 Americans named Silvio and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (47% of everyone recorded); the median is 32 years old and half are between 14 and 56.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Silvio by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Silvio mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Silvio is “a male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Silvius.”
Borrowed from Italian Silvio.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Silvio?
#2,829 among boys’ names, 2025
Silvio rose from #4,526 in 2015 to #2,829 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 11.5 to 26.3 per million.
86 babies in 1922, the peak
Silvio peaked in 1922, when 86 boys were given it, #708 among boys’ names. The 45 births of 2025 are 52% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | #2,829 | 26.3 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,093 | 23.2 |
| 2023 | 32 | #3,618 | 18.7 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,974 | 16.0 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,899 | 16.0 |
| 2020 | 14 | #6,241 | 8.1 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,979 | 15.0 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,892 | 11.0 |
| 2017 | 32 | #3,505 | 17.3 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,762 | 15.3 |
Every recorded year (119)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 22 | #4,526 | 11.5 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,569 | 6.8 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,595 | 11.1 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,681 | 8.4 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,631 | 11.1 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,991 | 7.8 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,141 | 12.6 |
| 2008 | 28 | #3,810 | 13.7 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,875 | 13.0 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,647 | 9.7 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,434 | 10.0 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,568 | 9.6 |
| 2003 | 23 | #3,821 | 11.6 |
| 2002 | 21 | #4,016 | 10.8 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,599 | 12.4 |
| 2000 | 26 | #3,281 | 13.2 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,307 | 8.9 |
| 1998 | 13 | #5,117 | 6.8 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,853 | 9.5 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,156 | 8.4 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,666 | 9.5 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,442 | 10.4 |
| 1993 | 9 | #6,151 | 4.6 |
| 1992 | 15 | #4,067 | 7.5 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,604 | 8.4 |
| 1990 | 21 | #3,040 | 10.2 |
| 1989 | 26 | #2,529 | 13.0 |
| 1988 | 18 | #3,054 | 9.4 |
| 1987 | 16 | #3,177 | 8.6 |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,107 | 8.7 |
| 1985 | 20 | #2,585 | 10.8 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,896 | 6.1 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,775 | 9.5 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,657 | 6.6 |
| 1981 | 15 | #3,006 | 8.4 |
| 1980 | 22 | #2,355 | 12.3 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,347 | 5.2 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,373 | 7.3 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,801 | 6.1 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,362 | 5.1 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,881 | 9.0 |
| 1974 | 14 | #2,778 | 8.9 |
| 1973 | 16 | #2,496 | 10.3 |
| 1972 | 20 | #2,070 | 12.3 |
| 1971 | 17 | #2,355 | 9.6 |
| 1970 | 13 | #2,721 | 7.0 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,665 | 6.7 |
| 1968 | 15 | #2,183 | 8.6 |
| 1967 | 23 | #1,646 | 13.2 |
| 1966 | 18 | #1,880 | 10.1 |
| 1965 | 18 | #1,907 | 9.7 |
| 1964 | 14 | #2,300 | 7.0 |
| 1963 | 24 | #1,657 | 11.8 |
| 1962 | 14 | #2,265 | 6.8 |
| 1961 | 25 | #1,628 | 11.8 |
| 1960 | 15 | #2,195 | 7.0 |
| 1959 | 12 | #2,513 | 5.6 |
| 1958 | 17 | #2,010 | 8.0 |
| 1957 | 19 | #1,882 | 8.8 |
| 1956 | 8 | #3,173 | 3.8 |
| 1955 | 20 | #1,782 | 9.7 |
| 1954 | 23 | #1,621 | 11.3 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,273 | 6.6 |
| 1952 | 19 | #1,798 | 9.8 |
| 1951 | 17 | #1,896 | 9.0 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,101 | 7.8 |
| 1949 | 18 | #1,811 | 10.1 |
| 1948 | 16 | #1,936 | 9.1 |
| 1947 | 26 | #1,473 | 14.2 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,130 | 8.0 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,377 | 7.4 |
| 1944 | 14 | #1,971 | 10.3 |
| 1943 | 18 | #1,756 | 12.6 |
| 1942 | 16 | #1,855 | 11.6 |
| 1941 | 16 | #1,812 | 13.0 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,562 | 17.3 |
| 1939 | 26 | #1,320 | 23.5 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,309 | 9.9 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,079 | 12.2 |
| 1936 | 26 | #1,319 | 25.1 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,648 | 18.2 |
| 1934 | 22 | #1,492 | 21.3 |
| 1933 | 23 | #1,448 | 23.2 |
| 1932 | 32 | #1,214 | 30.6 |
| 1931 | 39 | #1,098 | 37.5 |
| 1930 | 54 | #914 | 49.2 |
| 1929 | 40 | #1,108 | 37.2 |
| 1928 | 48 | #1,002 | 43.3 |
| 1927 | 49 | #1,011 | 43.5 |
| 1926 | 58 | #889 | 52.2 |
| 1925 | 69 | #800 | 61.8 |
| 1924 | 82 | #736 | 72.4 |
| 1923 | 77 | #749 | 70.2 |
| 1922 | 86 | #708 | 79.0 |
| 1921 | 60 | #907 | 54.5 |
| 1920 | 72 | #789 | 67.6 |
| 1919 | 41 | #1,081 | 41.8 |
| 1918 | 65 | #815 | 64.1 |
| 1917 | 78 | #686 | 84.3 |
| 1916 | 71 | #714 | 79.8 |
| 1915 | 67 | #731 | 79.0 |
| 1914 | 41 | #853 | 62.6 |
| 1913 | 44 | #692 | 85.8 |
| 1912 | 25 | #910 | 58.1 |
| 1911 | 19 | #754 | 84.1 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,561 | 30.9 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,013 | 61.0 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,016 | 58.3 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,405 | 37.8 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Silvio a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Silvio has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 119 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Silvio: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Silvio, and how old are they?
1,420 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 47% of the 3,000 Americans ever recorded as Silvio. The median Silvio alive today is 32 years old; half are between 14 and 56.
The 2020 Census counted 4,380 people named Silvio (16 women and girls, 4,364 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,360 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3.2 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 63 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 216 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 212 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 254 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 328 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 348 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Silvio born?
The states with the most babies named Silvio are New York, Pennsylvania and California, with 73% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 580 | #1,280 | 2.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 218 | #1,082 | 1.1× |
| California | 133 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| New Jersey | 113 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Massachusetts | 99 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Connecticut | 61 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Florida | 35 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Illinois | 15 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Rhode Island | 12 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 5 | not ranked | 0.0× |
Where Silvio is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Silvio is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 2.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Silvio with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 3,463 babies since 1880, Silvio is the most given (87% of them). In 2025 it was given to 45 of their 45 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Silvio
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Silvio and names like it
- Compare Silvio and SylvioBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sSilvio peaked in 1922.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Silvio since 1910.
- Italian namesWiktionary’s origin for Silvio: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1922The year the most babies were named Silvio.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Silvio alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with SMost given first.