How rare is the name Silas?

40,869 people in the United States have the first name Silas, about 1 in 7,390. It ranks #1,030 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SILAS

#1,030

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
40,869
About
1 in 7,390
This common or more
70.5%
Who bears it

Of the 40,869 people named Silas, 71% reported their origin as White, 11.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.3% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Silas peaked in 2025, when 4,646 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
4,646
In 2025*
4,646
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 75,649 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Silas by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #140. The largest share of babies named Silas, 63.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#396775
1890s#566631
1900s#742509
1910s#8381,553
1920s#8872,036
1930s#9841,482
1940s#1,2311,276
1950s#1,6341,050
1960s#2,081753
1970s#2,059922
1980s#2,0011,175
1990s#1,7541,907
2000s#8107,326
2010s#23729,704
2020s#14024,550
Before 19011.9%
Greatest Generation 1901–274.9%
Silent Generation 1928–453.4%
Baby boom 1946–642.6%
Generation X 1965–801.8%
Millennials 1981–962.9%
Generation Z 1997–1219%
2013 and later63.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Silas is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Silas has been most common in Alaska (3×), Oregon (2.2×), and Vermont (2×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.24×).

68,825 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Silas

#1,028 Gilberto · 40,957#1,029 Malcolm · 40,938#1,031 Darius · 40,835#1,032 Ezekiel · 40,784

Also a last name

As a last name, Silas ranks #7,385 of 156,621, with 4,352 people. See Silas as a last name

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