Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Silvan

#15,479 most common boys' name of all time · #40,209 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1926–2025

Rank among boys
#15,479
Rank overall
#40,209 of 105,966
First appeared
1926
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
102
Since 2016
67
Peak year
2024 #6,892
Best rank
#3,153 1956
Girls Boys peak 12/yr
19401960198020002020

Silvan first appears in 1926. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 10 10 #7,769
2024 — 12 12 #6,892
2023 — 9 9 #8,370
2021 — 6 6 #10,971
2020 — 10 10 #7,597
2018 — 7 7 #9,810
2017 — 5 5 #12,478
2016 — 8 8 #8,933
2015 — 6 6 #10,825
2014 — 5 5 #12,328
2011 — 6 6 #11,013
1994 — 5 5 #9,040
1956 — 8 8 #3,153
1926 — 5 5 #4,824