Silver
Silver is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 47 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 470.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 202355 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1915
- 2,212people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,703 girls have been named Silver in the United States since 1915, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 55 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1998, and the 2010s alone account for 24%.
Silver is used for both sexes: 23% of its bearers are boys (509), most of them born around 2024.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Silver | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 34 | |
| 1920s | 47 | |
| 1930s | 72 | |
| 1940s | 63 | |
| 1950s | 64 | |
| 1960s | 49 | |
| 1970s | 58 | |
| 1980s | 252 | |
| 1990s | 238 | |
| 2000s | 185 | |
| 2010s | 414 | |
| 2020s | 227 |
In 2023, its biggest year
Silver was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2023 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Silver
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Darlingpeak 2024
- Avivapeak 2021
- Fatimahpeak 2020
- Royapeak 2023
- Devorapeak 2023
- Hindapeak 2023
- Rivapeak 2023
- Reemapeak 2018
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.