Silver Boy & girl
How popular is Silver?
#3,341 girl name in 2025
46 baby girls were named Silver in the US in 2025, making it the 3341st most popular girl name. Another 19 boys got the name (#5,044 for boys).
Silver popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,341 for girls (▼ 6 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 46 girls, 19 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+12% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,704 in 2015, #3,840 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2023 (55 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,304 in 1935 |
| First recorded | 1915 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 27% boys, 73% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Silver counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Silver family of names ranked #2,317 for girls in 2025 (#2,262 the year before), with 52 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Silver | 46 | 88% |
| Sylver | 6 | 12% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Silver is most popular
Babies named Silver per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (31 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (24 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Silver by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 34 | #2,515 |
| 1920s | 47 | #3,162 |
| 1930s | 72 | #2,304 |
| 1940s | 63 | #2,761 |
| 1950s | 64 | #3,308 |
| 1960s | 49 | #4,183 |
| 1970s | 58 | #5,108 |
| 1980s | 252 | #2,309 |
| 1990s | 238 | #3,102 |
| 2000s | 185 | #4,369 |
| 2010s | 414 | #3,129 |
| 2020s | 273 | #3,014 |
Girl names about as popular as Silver
Questions
- Is Silver a boy or girl name?
- Silver is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 27% of babies named Silver were boys and 73% were girls.
- How popular is the name Silver?
- 46 baby girls were named Silver in the US in 2025, making it the 3341st most popular girl name. Another 19 boys got the name (#5,044 for boys).
- When was Silver most popular?
- Silver peaked in 2023, when 55 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,304 in 1935.
- How many people are named Silver?
- 2,277 babies have been named Silver in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,972 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Silver most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Silver was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.