How Many People Are Named Silva?
people named Silva are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 559,386 people in the US has this name
Based on 911 babies named Silva in Social Security records from 1892 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
19 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of SILVIYA or SILVIJA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Silva, 98.4% were girls and 1.6% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Silva alive today is about 47 years old, and 59% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 34 and 60 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Silva first appears in the records in 1892 and was given most often in 1969, to 19 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1892 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Silva has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,638, in 1892.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,638 (1892) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,452 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Silva alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Silva were born in California than in any other state: about 98 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Silva was given about 6.6 times as often in California.
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