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How popular is “Silva” in the USA?

Number of people named “Silva” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Silva” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Silva” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Silva” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Silva” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Silva” by birth year

This chart shows how “Silva” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1892 5 0.000014953 5 100%
1902 6 0.000015515 6 100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 100%
1907 7 0.000015041 7 100%
1908 5 0.000010232 5 100%
1911 6 0.000009313 6 100%
1912 8 0.000008097 8 100%
1913 6 0.000005277 6 100%
1914 6 0.000004236 6 100%
1915 9 0.000004912 9 100%
1916 9 0.000004653 9 100%
1917 11 0.000005482 11 100%
1918 10 0.000004606 10 100%
1919 5 0.000002369 5 100%
1920 13 0.000005745 13 100%
1921 8 0.000003427 8 100%
1922 11 0.000004805 11 100%
1923 7 0.00000304 7 100%
1924 12 0.000005039 12 100%
1925 10 0.000004286 10 100%
1926 8 0.000003484 8 100%
1927 6 0.000002587 6 100%
1928 9 0.000003981 9 100%
1929 7 0.000003193 7 100%
1930 12 0.000005397 12 100%
1931 6 0.000002851 6 100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 100%
1935 6 0.000002871 6 100%
1936 6 0.000002888 6 100%
1937 13 0.000006101 13 100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 100%
1939 8 0.000003631 8 100%
1940 9 0.000003908 9 100%
1941 6 0.000002463 6 100%
1942 9 0.000003295 9 100%
1949 5 0.000001435 5 100%
1950 6 0.000001713 6 100%
1953 8 0.000002076 8 100%
1954 7 0.000001758 7 100%
1955 9 0.000002242 9 100%
1956 6 0.000001455 6 100%
1957 12 0.000002856 12 100%
1958 9 0.000002177 9 100%
1959 12 0.000002886 12 100%
1960 10 0.000002407 10 100%
1961 15 0.000003621 15 100%
1962 16 0.000003965 16 100%
1963 13 0.000003284 13 100%
1964 17 0.000004373 17 100%
1965 9 0.000002482 9 100%
1966 12 0.000003453 12 100%
1967 18 0.000005302 18 100%
1968 17 0.000005032 17 100%
1969 19 0.000005467 19 100%
1970 8 0.000002218 8 100%
1971 15 0.00000437 15 100%
1972 13 0.000004136 13 100%
1973 8 0.000002652 8 100%
1974 14 0.000004605 14 100%
1975 13 0.000004305 13 100%
1976 12 0.000003955 12 100%
1977 15 0.000004722 15 100%
1978 11 0.000003466 11 100%
1979 16 0.000004809 16 100%
1980 8 0.000002323 8 100%
1982 11 0.000003136 11 100%
1983 16 0.00000462 16 100%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 100%
1985 11 0.000003082 11 100%
1986 11 0.000003092 11 100%
1987 12 0.000003328 12 100%
1988 13 0.000003518 13 100%
1989 15 0.000003902 15 100%
1990 16 0.000004048 16 100%
1991 11 0.000002824 11 100%
1992 19 0.000004946 19 100%
1993 13 0.000003448 13 100%
1994 9 0.000002421 9 100%
1995 11 0.000003004 11 100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 100%
2002 10 0.000002675 10 100%
2005 6 0.000001561 6 100%
2006 6 0.000001517 6 100%
2012 5 0.000001367 5 100%
2013 6 0.000001646 6 100%
2015 6 0.000001621 6 100%
2016 6 0.000001635 6 100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 100%
2022 5 0.000001478 5 -100%
2023 11 0.000003322 6 5 9%

Explore other names

These names are alphabetically near to Silva:

  1. Siloam
  2. Siloe
  3. Silpa
  4. Silton
  5. Silus
  6. Silva (this page)
  7. Silvan
  8. Silvana
  9. Silvanna
  10. Silvano
  11. Silvanus