How Many People Are Named Silas?
people named Silas are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,100 people in the US has this name
Based on 75,649 babies named Silas in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
4,646 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Probably a short form of SILVANUS. This is the name of a companion of Saint Paul in the New Testament. Paul refers to him as Silvanus in his epistles, though it is possible that Silas was in fact a Greek form of the Hebrew name SAUL (via Aramaic).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Silas (99.7%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Silas alive today is about 12 years old, and 93% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 14 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Silas first appears in the records in 1880, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 4,646 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Silas never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #71, in 2025, and it was in the top 100 for 6 years, 2020 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #71.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #71 |
| Best rank | #71 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | 6 (2020 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #133 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Silas alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Silas were born in California than in any other state: about 4,687 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Silas was given 3.2 times as often in Vermont, 2.4 times in Alaska and 2.4 times in Maine.
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