first name
SILVIA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 80,787 people named Silvia, 87.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 9.4% as White and 1.2% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Silvia peaked in 1991, when 374 babies got the name.
At least 21,323 babies have been given the name since 1884. 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.
Silvia by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #989. The largest share of babies named Silvia, 25.1%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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 Silvia is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Silvia has been most common in California (4.4×), Texas (2.9×), and Arizona (1.8×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.07×).
16,597 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 Silvia
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Silvia, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Silvia ranks #6,346 of 156,621, with 5,153 people. See Silvia as a last name
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