Silus
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SY-lus
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Silus is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “of the forest”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Silus mean?
Latin: variant of Silas, a short form of Silvanus, from Latin silva 'forest'
“of the forest”
Silas was a companion of St Paul on his missionary journeys in the Book of Acts.
Is Silus a girl's or a boy's name?
Silus 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 Silus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Silus, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 2005.
2025 had more boys named Silus than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Silus in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,607 boys in the US were given Silus or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #62, up from #7,675 for this spelling alone.
Silus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
Names like Silus
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ares Magnus Maximus Atticus Luca Thiago Sawyer Soren Sincere Callum Caius Memphis
Other spellings of Silus
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian
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, “Silus: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/silus, updated 20 October 2026.