Silvia is an established girls' name that peaked in 1991 and has grown less common since.
Silvia is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,240 for girl births in the United States (and #2,357 across all names), given to 182 babies. Silvia was first reported in SSA data in 1884 and peaked in 1991 (374 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 182 | 182 | #1,240 | — |
| 2024 | 207 | 207 | #1,162 | — |
| 2023 | 163 | 163 | #1,385 | — |
| 2022 | 163 | 163 | #1,404 | — |
| 2021 | 164 | 164 | #1,352 | — |
| 2020 | 157 | 157 | #1,397 | — |
| 2019 | 182 | 182 | #1,279 | — |
| 2018 | 160 | 160 | #1,403 | — |
| 2017 | 144 | 144 | #1,533 | — |
| 2016 | 171 | 171 | #1,379 | — |
| 2015 | 170 | 170 | #1,393 | — |
| 2014 | 199 | 199 | #1,232 | — |
| 2013 | 187 | 187 | #1,271 | — |
| 2012 | 184 | 184 | #1,295 | — |
| 2011 | 188 | 188 | #1,271 | — |
| 2010 | 186 | 186 | #1,284 | — |
| 2009 | 238 | 238 | #1,075 | — |
| 2008 | 205 | 205 | #1,235 | — |
| 2007 | 241 | 241 | #1,085 | — |
| 2006 | 244 | 244 | #1,054 | — |
| 2005 | 248 | 248 | #987 | — |
| 2004 | 235 | 235 | #1,006 | — |
| 2003 | 239 | 239 | #973 | — |
| 2002 | 210 | 210 | #1,033 | — |
| 2001 | 263 | 263 | #872 | — |
| 2000 | 258 | 258 | #853 | — |
| 1999 | 243 | 248 | #883 | — |
| 1998 | 266 | 266 | #799 | — |
| 1997 | 260 | — | #801 | — |
| 1996 | 293 | — | #719 | — |
| 1995 | 304 | — | #696 | — |
| 1994 | 330 | — | #663 | #8,656 |
| 1993 | 327 | — | #669 | — |
| 1992 | 372 | — | #611 | — |
| 1991 | 374 | — | #603 | — |
| 1990 | 371 | — | #608 | — |
| 1989 | 359 | — | #598 | — |
| 1988 | 368 | — | #568 | #8,331 |
| 1987 | 265 | — | #695 | — |
| 1986 | 328 | — | #599 | #7,677 |
| 1985 | 343 | — | #590 | #3,572 |
| 1984 | 303 | — | #603 | #5,492 |
| 1983 | 314 | — | #572 | — |
| 1982 | 350 | — | #548 | #7,228 |
| 1981 | 343 | — | #543 | — |
| 1980 | 317 | — | #582 | — |
| 1979 | 356 | — | #535 | #6,939 |
| 1978 | 316 | — | #552 | — |
| 1977 | 324 | — | #547 | — |
| 1976 | 333 | — | #527 | — |
| 1975 | 346 | — | #515 | — |
| 1974 | 356 | — | #494 | — |
| 1973 | 290 | — | #568 | — |
| 1972 | 315 | — | #535 | — |
| 1971 | 295 | — | #591 | — |
| 1970 | 299 | — | #587 | — |
| 1969 | 327 | — | #546 | — |
| 1968 | 291 | — | #561 | — |
| 1967 | 282 | — | #564 | — |
| 1966 | 279 | — | #572 | #4,455 |
| 1965 | 296 | — | #552 | — |
| 1964 | 261 | — | #631 | — |
| 1963 | 251 | — | #638 | — |
| 1962 | 265 | — | #616 | — |
| 1961 | 269 | — | #625 | — |
| 1960 | 229 | — | #672 | — |
| 1959 | 246 | — | #634 | — |
| 1958 | 251 | — | #622 | — |
| 1957 | 255 | — | #616 | — |
| 1956 | 235 | — | #626 | — |
| 1955 | 232 | — | #610 | — |
| 1954 | 135 | — | #811 | — |
| 1953 | 131 | — | #804 | — |
| 1952 | 130 | — | #793 | — |
| 1951 | 127 | — | #792 | — |
| 1950 | 99 | — | #894 | — |
| 1949 | 94 | — | #917 | — |
| 1948 | 80 | — | #975 | — |
| 1947 | 72 | — | #1,054 | — |
| 1946 | 82 | — | #926 | — |
| 1945 | 58 | — | #1,021 | — |
| 1944 | 58 | — | #1,038 | — |
| 1943 | 50 | — | #1,151 | — |
| 1942 | 57 | — | #1,045 | — |
| 1941 | 44 | — | #1,130 | — |
| 1940 | 48 | — | #1,045 | — |
| 1939 | 44 | — | #1,089 | — |
| 1938 | 46 | — | #1,068 | — |
| 1937 | 33 | — | #1,274 | — |
| 1936 | 37 | — | #1,182 | — |
| 1935 | 41 | — | #1,095 | — |
| 1934 | 25 | — | #1,513 | — |
| 1933 | 28 | — | #1,396 | — |
| 1932 | 15 | — | #2,226 | — |
| 1931 | 37 | — | #1,197 | — |
| 1930 | 30 | — | #1,428 | — |
| 1929 | 22 | — | #1,753 | — |
| 1928 | 35 | — | #1,309 | — |
| 1927 | 43 | — | #1,191 | — |
| 1926 | 47 | — | #1,110 | — |
| 1925 | 35 | — | #1,372 | — |
| 1924 | 28 | — | #1,638 | — |
| 1923 | 55 | — | #1,024 | — |
| 1922 | 36 | — | #1,338 | — |
| 1921 | 42 | — | #1,202 | — |
| 1920 | 42 | — | #1,188 | — |
| 1919 | 54 | — | #979 | — |
| 1918 | 43 | — | #1,151 | — |
| 1917 | 41 | — | #1,123 | — |
| 1916 | 43 | — | #1,082 | — |
| 1915 | 34 | — | #1,187 | — |
| 1914 | 24 | — | #1,298 | — |
| 1913 | 17 | — | #1,459 | — |
| 1912 | 30 | — | #934 | — |
| 1911 | 16 | — | #1,162 | — |
| 1910 | 19 | — | #1,026 | — |
| 1909 | 15 | — | #1,096 | — |
| 1908 | 9 | — | #1,528 | — |
| 1907 | 11 | — | #1,275 | — |
| 1906 | 8 | — | #1,540 | — |
| 1905 | 10 | — | #1,290 | — |
| 1904 | 5 | — | #2,136 | — |
| 1903 | 13 | — | #1,020 | — |
| 1902 | 12 | — | #1,065 | — |
| 1901 | 10 | — | #1,125 | — |
| 1900 | 12 | — | #1,162 | — |
| 1899 | 12 | — | #975 | — |
| 1898 | 9 | — | #1,246 | — |
| 1897 | 12 | — | #974 | — |
| 1896 | 9 | — | #1,201 | — |
| 1895 | 6 | — | #1,568 | — |
| 1894 | 7 | — | #1,335 | — |
| 1890 | 7 | — | #1,188 | — |
| 1889 | 7 | — | #1,129 | — |
| 1888 | 5 | — | #1,451 | — |
| 1887 | 7 | — | #1,024 | — |
| 1886 | 7 | — | #985 | — |
| 1884 | 6 | — | #1,011 | — |