Silvano
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- seel-VAH-noh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Silvano is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “of the forest”. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Silvano mean?
Latin: Italian and Spanish form of Silvanus, from silva 'wood'
“of the forest”
Silvanus was the Roman god of woods and uncultivated land.
Is Silvano a girl's or a boy's name?
Silvano is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Silvano in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,856among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Silvano, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1921.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Silvano than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Silvano in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Silvano in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,820 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 30 | #3,315 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 28 | #2,935 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 22 | #3,197 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,597 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,319 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,464 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,595 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 15 | #2,964 |
| 1979 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 11 | #2,529 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
Names like Silvano
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Silvano
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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, “Silvano: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/silvano, updated 20 October 2026.