Silo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SY-loh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
- Style
- New arrival
Silo is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “snub-nosed”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Silo mean?
Latin: Roman cognomen, probably from Latin silus
“snub-nosed”
Silo was an eighth-century king of Asturias in northern Spain.
Is Silo a girl's or a boy's name?
Silo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Silo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Silo, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 2021.
Half of all the boys named Silo in the US since 1880 were born between 2022 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Silo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
Names like Silo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alonzo, Otto, Sol, Moses, Amos, August, Leo, Milo, Viggo, Melo, Thiago, Major
Names related to Silo
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara
Sources
Figures from 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, “Silo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/silo, updated 20 October 2026.