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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Silvia” in the USA?

Number of people named “Silvia” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Silvia” 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 “Silvia” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Silvia” by birth year

This chart shows how “Silvia” 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
1884 6 0.000024645 6 100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 100%
1887 7 0.000028295 7 100%
1888 5 0.000016696 5 100%
1889 7 0.000024226 7 100%
1890 7 0.000023225 7 100%
1894 7 0.000020668 7 100%
1895 6 0.000017093 6 100%
1896 9 0.000025176 9 100%
1897 12 0.000034586 12 100%
1898 9 0.000023594 9 100%
1899 12 0.000035374 12 100%
1900 12 0.000026651 12 100%
1901 10 0.000028917 10 100%
1902 12 0.000031029 12 100%
1903 13 0.000034103 13 100%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 100%
1905 10 0.000023589 10 100%
1906 8 0.000018672 8 100%
1907 11 0.000023636 11 100%
1908 9 0.000018418 9 100%
1909 15 0.000029341 15 100%
1910 19 0.000032165 19 100%
1911 16 0.000024834 16 100%
1912 30 0.000030362 30 100%
1913 17 0.00001495 17 100%
1914 24 0.000016945 24 100%
1915 34 0.000018555 34 100%
1916 43 0.000022229 43 100%
1917 41 0.000020431 41 100%
1918 43 0.000019806 43 100%
1919 54 0.000025589 54 100%
1920 42 0.000018562 42 100%
1921 42 0.000017991 42 100%
1922 36 0.000015726 36 100%
1923 55 0.000023887 55 100%
1924 28 0.000011757 28 100%
1925 35 0.000015 35 100%
1926 47 0.000020471 47 100%
1927 43 0.00001854 43 100%
1928 35 0.00001548 35 100%
1929 22 0.000010036 22 100%
1930 30 0.000013494 30 100%
1931 37 0.000017582 37 100%
1932 15 0.000007105 15 100%
1933 28 0.000014004 28 100%
1934 25 0.000012038 25 100%
1935 41 0.000019618 41 100%
1936 37 0.000017809 37 100%
1937 33 0.000015488 33 100%
1938 46 0.00002079 46 100%
1939 44 0.000019969 44 100%
1940 48 0.000020845 48 100%
1941 44 0.000018059 44 100%
1942 57 0.000020865 57 100%
1943 50 0.000017714 50 100%
1944 58 0.000021561 58 100%
1945 58 0.000021863 58 100%
1946 82 0.000025663 82 100%
1947 72 0.000019987 72 100%
1948 80 0.000023171 80 100%
1949 94 0.000026974 94 100%
1950 99 0.000028259 99 100%
1951 127 0.000034476 127 100%
1952 130 0.000034228 130 100%
1953 131 0.000033994 131 100%
1954 135 0.000033914 135 100%
1955 232 0.000057782 232 100%
1956 235 0.000056997 235 100%
1957 255 0.000060683 255 100%
1958 252 0.000060959 252 100%
1959 245 0.000058923 245 100%
1960 229 0.00005513 229 100%
1961 268 0.000064698 268 100%
1962 264 0.000065421 264 100%
1963 251 0.000063413 251 100%
1964 261 0.000067136 261 100%
1965 296 0.000081645 296 100%
1966 279 0.000080273 274 5 96%
1967 282 0.000083066 282 100%
1968 291 0.000086135 291 100%
1969 327 0.000094092 327 100%
1970 299 0.000082906 299 100%
1971 295 0.000085947 295 100%
1972 315 0.000100223 315 100%
1973 290 0.000096126 290 100%
1974 356 0.000117105 356 100%
1975 346 0.000114593 346 100%
1976 332 0.000109416 332 100%
1977 323 0.000101684 323 100%
1978 318 0.000100193 318 100%
1979 356 0.000107003 351 5 97%
1980 317 0.000092031 317 100%
1981 343 0.000099151 343 100%
1982 350 0.000099773 345 5 97%
1983 314 0.000090664 314 100%
1984 302 0.000086564 295 7 95%
1985 343 0.000096102 330 13 92%
1986 328 0.000092211 323 5 97%
1987 265 0.000073496 265 100%
1988 368 0.000099593 363 5 97%
1989 359 0.000093381 359 100%
1990 370 0.000093612 370 100%
1991 374 0.000096014 374 100%
1992 372 0.000096843 372 100%
1993 327 0.000086731 327 100%
1994 330 0.000088766 324 6 96%
1995 304 0.000083011 304 100%
1996 294 0.00008061 294 100%
1997 260 0.000071709 260 100%
1998 266 0.000072318 266 100%
1999 243 0.000065785 243 100%
2000 258 0.000068256 258 100%
2001 263 0.000070257 263 100%
2002 210 0.000056175 210 100%
2003 239 0.000062856 239 100%
2004 235 0.000061503 235 100%
2005 248 0.000064502 248 100%
2006 244 0.000061676 244 100%
2007 240 0.000060035 240 100%
2008 205 0.000052154 205 100%
2009 238 0.000062301 238 100%
2010 186 0.000050328 186 100%
2011 188 0.000051397 188 100%
2012 184 0.000050309 184 100%
2013 187 0.000051294 187 100%
2014 199 0.000053691 199 100%
2015 170 0.000045935 170 100%
2016 171 0.000046611 171 100%
2017 144 0.000040266 144 100%
2018 160 0.000045508 160 100%
2019 182 0.000052435 182 100%
2020 157 0.000046998 157 100%
2021 164 0.000048407 164 100%
2022 163 0.00004818 163 100%
2023 162 0.000048925 162 100%
2024 206 0.00006189 206 100%

Explore other names

These names are alphabetically near to Silvia:

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  2. Silvestra
  3. Silvestre
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  5. Silvi
  6. Silvia (this page)
  7. Silviana
  8. Silviano
  9. Silvie
  10. Silvin
  11. Silvina