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.

Silvia

#1,008 most common girls' name of all time · #1,809 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1884–2025

Rank among girls
#1,008
Rank overall
#1,809 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
138 of 146
All-time
21,323
Since 2016
1,693
Peak year
1991 #602
Best rank
#493 1974
Girls Boys peak 374/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Silvia first appears in 1884. 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 182 182 #1,236
2024 207 207 #1,163
2023 163 163 #1,378
2022 163 163 #1,403
2021 164 164 #1,349
2020 157 157 #1,392
2019 182 182 #1,275
2018 160 160 #1,401
2017 144 144 #1,529
2016 171 171 #1,372
2015 170 170 #1,390
2014 199 199 #1,229
2013 187 187 #1,267
2012 184 184 #1,291
2011 188 188 #1,268
2010 186 186 #1,278
2009 238 238 #1,073
2008 205 205 #1,232
2007 241 241 #1,084
2006 244 244 #1,052
2005 248 248 #986
2004 235 235 #1,003
2003 239 239 #972
2002 210 210 #1,032
2001 263 263 #870
2000 258 258 #852
1999 243 243 #881
1998 266 266 #799
1997 260 260 #797
1996 293 293 #719
1995 304 304 #696
1994 324 6 330 #660
1993 327 327 #669
1992 372 372 #610
1991 374 374 #602
1990 371 371 #608
1989 359 359 #598
1988 363 5 368 #567
1987 265 265 #693
1986 323 5 328 #599
1985 330 13 343 #589
1984 296 7 303 #603
1983 314 314 #572
1982 345 5 350 #548
1981 343 343 #543
1980 317 317 #581
1979 351 5 356 #535
1978 316 316 #552
1977 324 324 #546
1976 333 333 #527
1975 346 346 #513
1974 356 356 #493
1973 290 290 #567
1972 315 315 #535
1971 295 295 #591
1970 299 299 #584
1969 327 327 #546
1968 291 291 #561
1967 282 282 #562
1966 274 5 279 #572
1965 296 296 #552
1964 261 261 #628
1963 251 251 #637
1962 265 265 #616
1961 269 269 #624
1960 229 229 #671
1959 246 246 #634
1958 251 251 #622
1957 255 255 #614
1956 235 235 #626
1955 232 232 #608
1954 135 135 #811
1953 131 131 #804
1952 130 130 #792
1951 127 127 #792
1950 99 99 #893
1949 94 94 #915
1948 80 80 #971
1947 72 72 #1,049
1946 82 82 #924
1945 58 58 #1,017
1944 58 58 #1,032
1943 50 50 #1,145
1942 57 57 #1,041
1941 44 44 #1,123
1940 48 48 #1,040
1939 44 44 #1,088
1938 46 46 #1,062
1937 33 33 #1,270
1936 37 37 #1,169
1935 41 41 #1,089
1934 25 25 #1,496
1933 28 28 #1,377
1932 15 15 #2,160
1931 37 37 #1,182
1930 30 30 #1,417
1929 22 22 #1,721
1928 35 35 #1,296
1927 43 43 #1,181
1926 47 47 #1,104
1925 35 35 #1,360
1924 28 28 #1,623
1923 55 55 #1,019
1922 36 36 #1,324
1921 42 42 #1,193
1920 42 42 #1,183
1919 54 54 #976
1918 43 43 #1,142
1917 41 41 #1,118
1916 43 43 #1,073
1915 34 34 #1,180
1914 24 24 #1,276
1913 17 17 #1,434
1912 30 30 #931
1911 16 16 #1,140
1910 19 19 #1,015
1909 15 15 #1,076
1908 9 9 #1,481
1907 11 11 #1,246
1906 8 8 #1,464
1905 10 10 #1,271
1904 5 5 #1,953
1903 13 13 #1,004
1902 12 12 #1,051
1901 10 10 #1,109
1900 12 12 #1,146
1899 12 12 #967
1898 9 9 #1,218
1897 12 12 #966
1896 9 9 #1,174
1895 6 6 #1,482
1894 7 7 #1,294
1890 7 7 #1,172
1889 7 7 #1,099
1888 5 5 #1,347
1887 7 7 #1,012
1886 7 7 #977
1884 6 6 #1,019