Silvia Girl
How popular is Silvia?
#1,235 girl name in 2025
182 baby girls were named Silvia in the US in 2025, making it the 1235th most popular girl name.
Silvia popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,235 for girls (▼ 75 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 182 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+7% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,388 in 2015, #1,389 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1991 (374 girls) |
| Highest rank | #493 in 1974 |
| First recorded | 1884 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Silvia counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Sylvia family of names ranked #278 for girls in 2025 (#311 the year before), with 1,199 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sylvia | 1,017 | 85% |
| Silvia | 182 | 15% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Silvia is most popular
Babies named Silvia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Wisconsin: 0.2 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- Washington: 0.2 per 1,000 (23 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.2 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- Virginia: 0.2 per 1,000 (26 girls)
- Missouri: 0.1 per 1,000 (17 girls)
Silvia by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 32 | #897 |
| 1890s | 62 | #931 |
| 1900s | 105 | #969 |
| 1910s | 321 | #919 |
| 1920s | 385 | #1,015 |
| 1930s | 336 | #1,055 |
| 1940s | 643 | #914 |
| 1950s | 1,841 | #606 |
| 1960s | 2,745 | #546 |
| 1970s | 3,225 | #493 |
| 1980s | 3,255 | #543 |
| 1990s | 3,134 | #602 |
| 2000s | 2,381 | #851 |
| 2010s | 1,771 | #1,228 |
| 2020s | 1,036 | #1,160 |
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Questions
- Is Silvia a boy or girl name?
- Silvia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Silvia were girls.
- How popular is the name Silvia?
- 182 baby girls were named Silvia in the US in 2025, making it the 1235th most popular girl name.
- When was Silvia most popular?
- Silvia peaked in 1991, when 374 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #493 in 1974.
- How many people are named Silvia?
- 21,323 babies have been named Silvia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 18,994 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 40.
- Where is Silvia most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Silvia was most common in Wisconsin, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.