Girls' name · peaked in 1974
Silvia name popularity since 1925
20,600 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Silvia. Half of them were born in 1983 or earlier, so the typical Silvia is about 43 years old in 2026. Silvia peaked in 1974 as the #494 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 20,600
- Named Silvia, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,240 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 20,549 girls · 51 boys
- Most popular in
- California
- 4.16× its national share
Peak year is the year Silvia made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Silvia births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1991. Measured as a share of all babies, Silvia peaked in 1974.
- Fastest rise: Between 1953 and 1958, Silvia became 1.8× more common, from 1 in 14,400 baby girls to 1 in 8,010.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Silvia's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Silvia.
Decade by decade
Babies named Silvia in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 182 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 336 | 0 | #1,095 |
| 1940s | 643 | 0 | #1,021 |
| 1950s | 1,841 | 0 | #610 |
| 1960s | 2,745 | 5 | #552 |
| 1970s | 3,225 | 5 | #515 |
| 1980s | 3,255 | 35 | #590 |
| 1990s | 3,134 | 6 | #696 |
| 2000s | 2,381 | 0 | #987 |
| 2010s | 1,771 | 0 | #1,393 |
| 2020–25 | 1,036 | 0 | #1,240 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
25.9% of babies named Silvia from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Silvia is most popular
The index compares Silvia's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Silvia.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| California | 4.16× | 7,328 |
| Texas | 2.83× | 3,684 |
| Arizona | 1.73× | 373 |
| Illinois | 1.26× | 1,024 |
| Florida | 1.20× | 719 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Silvia and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Silvia (this page) | 20,549 | 1974 |
| Sylvia | 194,552 | 1937 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Silvia's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Silvia.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Silvia (1974).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data