Silvie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SIL-vee
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,553 for girls
Silvie is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “forest”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).
What does Silvie mean?
Latin: Czech and French form of Sylvia
“forest”
From Latin silva 'wood, forest'; in Roman legend Rhea Silvia was the mother of Romulus and Remus.
Is Silvie a girl's or a boy's name?
Silvie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Silvie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Silvie, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Silvie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 302 girls in the UK were given Silvie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #201, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Silvie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
How popular is Silvie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,553rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22 about 1 in 73,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 148% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Silvie, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. It first appears in the records in 1921.
2025 had the most girls named Silvie of any year since it first appeared, in 1921.
Half of all the girls named Silvie in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,149 girls in the US were given Silvie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #291, up from #5,553 for this spelling alone.
Silvie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,553 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
Names like Silvie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maisie, Indie, Luna, Elodie, Evie, Sadie, Esme, Dolcie, Isla, Nova, Hallie, Freya
Other spellings of Silvie
Names related to Silvie
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony
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, “Silvie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/silvie, updated 20 October 2026.