How Many People Are Named Silvia?
people named Silvia are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 18,124 people in the US has this name
Based on 21,323 babies named Silvia in Social Security records from 1884 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
374 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Portuguese and Catalan form of SILVIA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Silvia in English. Counting Silvia and these spellings together, about 150,356 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Silvia (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Silvia alive today is about 39 years old, and 49% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 24 and 54 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Silvia first appears in the records in 1884 and was given most often in 1991, to 374 babies. In 2025, 182 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1884 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Silvia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #494, in 1974. In 2025 it ranked #1,240.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,240 |
| Best rank | #494 (1974) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #606 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Silvia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Silvia were born in California than in any other state: about 6,889 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Silvia was given 3.6 times as often in California, 2.7 times in Texas and 1.6 times in Arizona.
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