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Silas name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Silas ranks #71 in male records (4,639 reported) and #12,991 in female records (7 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Is Silas becoming more popular?

Silas's reported male count increased by 512 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #81 to #71. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Silas in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for SilasFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.4,6390201620252016: 9 female records2017: 14 female records2018: 15 female records2019: 12 female records2020: 11 female records2021: 14 female records2022: 20 female records2023: 18 female records2024: 16 female records2025: 7 female records2016: 3,417 male records2017: 3,340 male records2018: 3,518 male records2019: 3,566 male records2020: 3,645 male records2021: 3,916 male records2022: 4,032 male records2023: 4,105 male records2024: 4,127 male records2025: 4,639 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025712,9914,63971
2024167,2144,12781
2023186,6374,10580
2022206,1864,03287
2021147,9793,91691
2020119,4583,645100
2019129,0413,566105
2018157,7173,518110
2017148,2403,340120
2016911,6613,417119

Questions about Silas’s popularity

How common is Silas in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Silas ranks #71 in male records (4,639 reported) and #12,991 in female records (7 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Silas?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Silas only.

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