How rare is the name Silvio?

4,380 people in the United States have the first name Silvio, about 1 in 68,957. It ranks #4,322 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

SILVIO

#4,322

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,380
About
1 in 68,957
This common or more
83.9%
Who bears it

Of the 4,380 people named Silvio, 60.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 35.8% as White and 1.6% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Silvio peaked in 1922, when 86 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19052025
Peak year
1922
Births that year
86
In 2025*
45 ▼48%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 3,000 babies have been given the name since 1905. 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.

Silvio by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #1,651. The largest share of babies named Silvio, 34.5%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1900s#3,41524
1910s#1,651457
1920s#1,697641
1930s#2,633265
1940s#3,744167
1950s#4,454162
1960s#4,674178
1970s#6,944133
1980s#6,992173
1990s#9,258164
2000s#9,052233
2010s#10,084216
2020s#7,716187
Greatest Generation 1901–2734.5%
Silent Generation 1928–4514.9%
Baby boom 1946–6410.9%
Generation X 1965–808%
Millennials 1981–968.9%
Generation Z 1997–1211.1%
2013 and later11.7%

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 Silvio is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Silvio has been most common in New York (5.8×), Connecticut (4.3×), and New Jersey (3.2×), and least common in Florida (0.79×).

1,276 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.

Exactly as common as Silvio

1 other first name also has 4,380 people.

#4,322 Poppy · 4,380

Either side of Silvio

#4,321 Johnie · 4,381#4,322 Poppy · 4,380#4,324 Hobert · 4,379#4,325 Tin · 4,377

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Silvio, most common first.

#656 Silvia · 80,787#25,229 Silvie · 377#30,536 Silviu · 285#33,953 Silvi · 242

Also a last name

As a last name, Silvio ranks #38,989 of 156,621, with 610 people. See Silvio as a last name

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