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Silvia

Gender
Girl
Say it
SIL-vee-a
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#2,344 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,235 for girls

Silvia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “of the forest”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 1,235th for girls in the US (182 babies).

What does Silvia mean?

Latin

“of the forest”

From Latin silva, forest; in Roman legend Rhea Silvia was the mother of Romulus and Remus.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Silvia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 182 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Silvia in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,344among girls
Babies in 2025
12about 1 in 23,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 7% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Silvia, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,526th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 21 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Silvia than any year since 2018.

Half of all the girls named Silvia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 111 girls in the UK were given Silvia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #409, up from #2,344 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 21 in 20132025
Silvia in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202512#2,344
202418#1,726
202319#1,666
202213#2,157
202116#1,882
202021#1,526
201916#1,871
20189#2,825
201711#2,485
201613#2,224
201516#1,900
201420#1,596
201321#1,559
201216#1,914
201115#1,917
201012#2,234
200915#1,848
200816#1,745
200714#1,874
200611#2,119
20054#4,150
200410#2,064
20036#2,877
20026#2,691
20019#1,974
20006#2,554
19997#2,295
19987#2,304
19973#3,991
19967#2,201

How popular is Silvia in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,235among girls
Babies in 2025
182about 1 in 8,800 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 11% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 182 girls in the US were named Silvia, making it the 1,235th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,389th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 374 girls. It first appears in the records in 1884.

Half of all the girls named Silvia in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,199 girls in the US were given Silvia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #283, up from #1,235 for this spelling alone.

1884Busiest: 374 in 19912025
Silvia in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025182#1,235
2024207#1,160
2023163#1,377
2022163#1,401
2021164#1,347
2020157#1,389
2019182#1,274
2018160#1,399
2017144#1,529
2016171#1,371
2015170#1,388
2014199#1,228
2013187#1,267
2012184#1,291
2011188#1,266
2010186#1,278
2009238#1,073
2008205#1,231
2007241#1,084
2006244#1,050
2005248#985
2004235#1,003
2003239#970
2002210#1,030
2001263#870
2000258#851
1999243#879
1998266#799
1997260#797
1996293#719
1995304#695
1994324#660
1993327#669
1992372#610
1991374#602
1990371#607
1989359#597
1988363#566
1987265#692
1986323#598
1985330#589
1984296#603
1983314#572
1982345#548
1981343#543
1980317#580
1979351#535
1978316#552
1977324#546
1976333#527
1975346#513
1974356#493
1973290#567
1972315#535
1971295#591
1970299#584
1969327#546
1968291#561
1967282#561
1966274#571
1965296#551
1964261#628
1963251#637
1962265#616
1961269#624
1960229#670
1959246#634
1958251#622
1957255#610
1956235#625
1955232#606
1954135#809
1953131#802
1952130#790
1951127#788
195099#890
194994#914
194880#970
194772#1,046
194682#921
194558#1,015
194458#1,028
194350#1,142
194257#1,037
194144#1,117
194048#1,035
193944#1,079
193846#1,055
193733#1,255
193637#1,165
193541#1,084
193425#1,481
193328#1,364
193215#2,129
193137#1,175
193030#1,403
192922#1,703
192835#1,289
192743#1,172
192647#1,096
192535#1,347
192428#1,612
192355#1,015
192236#1,309
192142#1,184
192042#1,171
191954#967
191843#1,126
191741#1,110
191643#1,059
191534#1,173
191424#1,262
191317#1,405
191230#919
191116#1,113
191019#997
190915#1,052
19089#1,439
190711#1,206
19068#1,416
190510#1,237
19045#1,876
190313#969
190212#1,024
190110#1,067
190012#1,105
189912#935
18989#1,171
189712#931
18969#1,122
18956#1,426
18947#1,236
18930–
18920–
18910–
18907#1,099
18897#1,024
18885#1,276
18877#937
18867#897
18850–
18846#930

Names like Silvia

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

Maria Sophia Lucia Olivia Aurora Victoria Emilia Mia Aria Lilia Sara Fatima

Other spellings of Silvia

Sylvia

Names related to Silvia

Silvie

More Latin names

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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, “Silvia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/silvia, updated 20 October 2026.