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.

Silver**

#4,115 most common girls' name of all time · #7,013 across all names · 23% male / 77% female · used 1896–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#4,115
Rank overall
#7,013 of 105,966
First appeared
1896
Years on the list
105 of 146
All-time
2,277
Since 2016
624
Peak year
2023 #3,018
Best rank
#2,320 1983
Girls Boys peak 75/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Silver first appears in 1896. 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 46 19 65 #3,347
2024 47 23 70 #3,339
2023 55 20 75 #3,018
2022 41 18 59 #3,711
2021 47 18 65 #3,343
2020 37 19 56 #3,847
2019 51 11 62 #3,136
2018 37 14 51 #3,925
2017 45 13 58 #3,445
2016 51 12 63 #3,187
2015 41 9 50 #3,712
2014 36 16 52 #4,110
2013 35 17 52 #4,164
2012 41 6 47 #3,792
2011 32 9 41 #4,473
2010 45 6 51 #3,527
2009 34 34 #4,376
2008 19 8 27 #6,816
2007 10 9 19 #10,858
2006 15 13 28 #7,893
2005 16 8 24 #7,169
2004 15 15 #7,422
2003 14 12 26 #7,605
2002 26 11 37 #4,635
2001 18 13 31 #6,090
2000 18 9 27 #5,965
1999 19 6 25 #5,443
1998 26 26 #4,248
1997 38 9 47 #3,112
1996 25 25 #4,199
1995 12 12 #7,086
1994 20 6 26 #4,858
1993 21 7 28 #4,692
1992 21 6 27 #4,708
1991 28 5 33 #3,731
1990 28 28 #3,734
1989 32 5 37 #3,268
1988 36 36 #2,879
1987 19 6 25 #4,314
1986 18 18 #4,379
1985 25 25 #3,435
1984 41 41 #2,350
1983 41 41 #2,320
1982 18 18 #4,194
1981 9 9 #6,872
1980 13 7 20 #5,285
1979 9 9 #6,765
1978 11 11 #5,600
1977 8 6 14 #6,965
1975 7 6 13 #7,252
1974 6 6 #7,774
1973 6 6
1972 10 10 #5,157
1970 7 7 #6,451
1969 6 6
1968 6 6 #6,349
1967 5 5 #6,913
1966 7 7 #5,352
1965 6 6 #5,914
1964 9 9 #4,708
1962 6 6 #5,972
1960 10 10 #4,249
1959 8 8 #4,698
1958 5 5 #6,232
1957 13 13 #3,355
1956 7 7 #4,927
1955 10 10 #3,845
1954 5 5
1953 5 6 11 #5,792
1952 10 10 #3,619
1950 6 5 11 #4,839
1949 6 6 #4,796
1948 9 6 15 #3,655
1947 8 8 #4,093
1945 5 5 #4,699
1944 11 11 #2,828
1943 6 6 #4,308
1942 5 5
1941 10 5 15 #2,913
1940 8 8 #3,296
1939 12 5 17 #2,485
1938 10 10 #2,799
1937 11 5 16 #2,631
1936 9 9 #2,955
1935 13 13 #2,355
1934 5 8 13 #4,420
1933 5 5 10 #4,349
1932 6 6
1931 7 7 #3,598
1930 5 5
1928 9 9 #3,254
1927 7 7 #3,975
1926 5 9 14 #5,000
1925 6 6 #4,521
1924 6 7 13 #4,555
1923 6 6 12 #4,490
1921 8 11 19 #3,755
1920 5 5
1919 13 13 #2,575
1918 8 8 #3,598
1917 5 5 #4,737
1915 8 8 16 #3,236
1913 7 7
1911 5 5
1896 10 10