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Silas

Gender
Boy
Say it
SY-las
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#601 for boys
US rank, 2025
#71 for boys

Silas is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 601st for boys in the UK (70 babies) and 71st for boys in the US (4,639 babies).

What does Silas mean?

Greek: New Testament name, linked with Latin Silvanus

Silas was a companion of St Paul on his missionary journeys; George Eliot's Silas Marner is a famous literary bearer.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Silas a girl's or a boy's name?

Silas is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 70 boys in the UK and 7 girls and 4,639 boys in the US.

How popular is Silas in the UK?

Rank in 2025
601st among boys
Babies in 2025
70 about 1 in 4,300 boys
Five-year trend
Rising up 40% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 70 boys in the UK were named Silas, making it the 601st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 760th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 89 boys.

Half of all the boys named Silas in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 81 boys in the UK were given Silas or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #500, up from #601 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 585th in England and Wales and 647th in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 89 in 20242025
Silas in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202570#601
202489#498
202350#750
202258#674
202153#738
202047#760
201955#688
201847#777
201738#901
201625#1,195
201533#982
201433#969
201332#979
201230#1,030
201125#1,125
201036#883
200936#864
200841#780
200735#843
200632#864
200528#895
200424#954
200324#900
200227#770
200121#871
200017#990
199922#807
199810#1,346
199716#973
199622#746

How popular is Silas in the US?

Rank in 2025
71st among boys
Babies in 2025
4,639 about 1 in 370 boys
Five-year trend
Steady up 20% in five years
Same name in a class
3.7% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 4,639 boys in the US were named Silas, making it the 71st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 100th. 7 girls were also named Silas in 2025 (11,928th for girls).

It has been given to more boys each year for the last 8 years. 2025 had the most boys named Silas of any year since the records began in 1880.

Half of all the boys named Silas in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 5,607 boys in the US were given Silas or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #62, up from #71 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 4,639 in 20252025
Silas in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20254,639#71
20244,127#81
20234,105#80
20224,032#86
20213,916#91
20203,645#100
20193,566#105
20183,518#110
20173,340#120
20163,417#119
20153,191#128
20142,937#137
20133,413#116
20122,497#160
20112,118#183
20101,632#219
20091,377#252
20081,074#309
2007940#343
2006800#372
2005660#412
2004611#430
2003562#447
2002580#429
2001376#558
2000328#602
1999290#623
1998251#679
1997230#692
1996207#737
1995204#747
1994153#863
1993155#850
1992165#812
1991133#905
1990119#945
1989118#935
1988116#883
1987121#850
1986115#845
1985116#832
1984103#866
1983123#786
1982114#831
1981133#757
1980116#816
1979112#821
1978113#798
197793#875
1976100#836
1975111#788
197483#885
197394#817
197274#929
197173#955
197069#968
196966#944
196862#920
196752#1,003
196672#853
196590#777
196470#906
196397#773
196278#855
196187#816
196079#851
195996#781
1958104#729
1957116#702
1956101#731
195590#765
1954115#671
1953113#668
1952101#694
195194#715
1950120#625
1949139#568
1948113#635
1947132#594
1946142#538
1945112#572
1944118#559
1943137#536
1942145#508
1941118#550
1940120#536
1939140#485
1938146#477
1937109#556
1936145#468
1935143#474
1934142#478
1933143#467
1932154#461
1931169#435
1930191#426
1929177#447
1928167#473
1927183#451
1926211#417
1925219#404
1924213#419
1923206#421
1922213#412
1921224#405
1920218#398
1919202#409
1918229#393
1917205#393
1916190#402
1915197#380
1914173#357
1913126#374
1912108#370
191159#357
191064#310
190962#285
190848#316
190745#318
190653#270
190543#306
190451#268
190347#269
190255#250
190137#284
190068#248
189955#226
189848#255
189753#238
189663#224
189568#208
189456#228
189357#225
189289#177
189158#206
189084#167
188967#195
188871#206
188764#191
188677#177
188573#180
188483#167
188377#162
188292#148
188173#165
188098#139

Names like Silas

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Theo, Atlas, Lucas, Jasper, Ellis, Elias, Felix, Milo, Noah, Levi, Sebastian, Leo

Other spellings of Silas

Sylas, Sylus, Cylas, Sylis, Cylus, Cylis, Silus

More Greek names

Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Sofia, Alexander, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie, Lainey

Every Greek name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Silas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/silas, updated 20 October 2026.