How Many People Are Named Silver?
people named Silver are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 174,380 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,277 babies named Silver in Social Security records from 1896 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
75 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the English word for the precious metal or the colour, ultimately derived from Old English seolfor.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Silver, 79.2% were girls and 20.8% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1930s: 67.9% of the babies were girls then and 70% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Silver alive today is about 24 years old, and 66% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 36 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Silver first appears in the records in 1896 and was given most often in 2023, to 75 babies. In 2025, 65 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1896 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Silver has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,350, in 1983. In 2025 it ranked #3,379. Among boys, its best rank was #772, in 1896.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,379 | #5,170 |
| Best rank | #2,350 (1983) | #772 (1896) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,749 in the 2010s | #4,953 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Silver alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Silver were born in California than in any other state: about 144 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Silver was given 4.6 times as often in California and 2.1 times in Texas.
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