Meaning not yet researched.
Silas: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 4,639 in 2025. Its best rank was #71 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 99.8% of babies named Silas in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#71 for US boys in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Silas: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 4,639 boys in 2025. Peak: #71 in 2025 · most boys in one year: 4,639 (2025).
In 2025, 4,639 US boys were named Silas, making it the 71st most common boys’ name of the year, up 10 places from #81 in 2024. That is 512 more than the 4,127 boys named Silas in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #71, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most boys given the name: 4,639. For comparison, it was #128 in 2015 and #631 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Silas in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 98 babies with the name. In all, 75,649 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 29,704 babies named Silas.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 38,305 US boys were named Silas; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 4,639. In 2025 that was about 1 in 368 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Silas ranked highest in West Virginia in 2025, at #19 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 42 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Sylas (8,966 babies since 1880), Sylus (1,244 babies since 1880), Sylis (1,043 babies since 1880) and Cylas (1,034 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Sila, Silus and Zylas are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Si.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Sila (510), Silus (230), Zylas (88), Cilas (57), Sylias (54), Silis (31), Zilas (24), Sylys (21), Syles (12), Syllas (11), Silias (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 47 | #19 | #58 |
| Arkansas | 77 | #20 | #70 |
| Mississippi | 63 | #21 | #174 |
| Oklahoma | 104 | #22 | #100 |
| South Carolina | 116 | #25 | #115 |
| Maine | 31 | #28 | #39 |
| Montana | 28 | #28 | #57 |
| Oregon | 78 | #32 | #58 |
| Kentucky | 112 | #32 | #83 |
| North Dakota | 22 | #35 | #58 |
| Indiana | 142 | #36 | #89 |
| Tennessee | 156 | #38 | #72 |
| Alaska | 16 | #40 | #112 |
| North Carolina | 220 | #43 | #107 |
| Ohio | 224 | #43 | #97 |
| Hawaii | 18 | #44 | #324 |
| Alabama | 89 | #45 | #115 |
| Missouri | 123 | #46 | #95 |
| Kansas | 64 | #49 | #131 |
| Iowa | 59 | #50 | #120 |
| Minnesota | 96 | #52 | #104 |
| Michigan | 154 | #52 | #106 |
| Pennsylvania | 199 | #57 | #109 |
| New Mexico | 28 | #60 | #130 |
| Georgia | 166 | #60 | #149 |
| Wyoming | 8 | #62 | #80 |
| Delaware | 16 | #62 | #97 |
| Wisconsin | 87 | #64 | #95 |
| Washington | 110 | #64 | #83 |
| New Hampshire | 23 | #65 | #70 |
| Virginia | 124 | #68 | #137 |
| Idaho | 31 | #70 | #59 |
| Louisiana | 60 | #74 | #149 |
| Nebraska | 33 | #75 | #69 |
| Colorado | 85 | #77 | #88 |
| Vermont | 7 | #79 | #64 |
| Maryland | 62 | #89 | #195 |
| Texas | 423 | #93 | #209 |
| South Dakota | 14 | #93 | #71 |
| Arizona | 91 | #94 | #150 |
| Florida | 228 | #98 | #164 |
| Utah | 52 | #100 | #158 |
| Nevada | 31 | #102 | #128 |
| Massachusetts | 66 | #108 | #154 |
| Connecticut | 35 | #108 | #152 |
| Illinois | 107 | #112 | #173 |
| New York | 142 | #135 | #214 |
| California | 293 | #136 | #238 |
| Rhode Island | 8 | #153 | #140 |
| New Jersey | 65 | #154 | #356 |
| District of Columbia | 6 | #165 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #12,991 | 4,639 | #71 |
| 2024 | 16 | #7,214 | 4,127 | #81 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,637 | 4,105 | #80 |
| 2022 | 20 | #6,186 | 4,032 | #87 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,979 | 3,916 | #91 |
| 2020 | 11 | #9,458 | 3,645 | #100 |
| 2019 | 12 | #9,041 | 3,566 | #105 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,717 | 3,518 | #110 |
| 2017 | 14 | #8,240 | 3,340 | #120 |
| 2016 | 9 | #11,661 | 3,417 | #119 |
| 2015 | 9 | #11,711 | 3,191 | #128 |
| 2014 | 5 | #18,857 | 2,937 | #137 |
| 2013 | 5 | #18,897 | 3,413 | #116 |
| 2012 | 6 | #16,569 | 2,497 | #160 |
| 2011 | — | — | 2,118 | #183 |
| 2010 | — | — | 1,632 | #219 |
| 2009 | 11 | #10,576 | 1,377 | #252 |
| 2008 | — | — | 1,074 | #310 |
| 2007 | — | — | 940 | #344 |
| 2006 | — | — | 800 | #372 |
| 2005 | — | — | 660 | #412 |
| 2004 | 7 | #13,992 | 611 | #430 |
| 2003 | — | — | 562 | #448 |
| 2002 | — | — | 580 | #431 |
| 2001 | — | — | 376 | #558 |
| 2000 | — | — | 328 | #602 |
| 1999 | — | — | 290 | #625 |
| 1998 | — | — | 251 | #681 |
| 1997 | — | — | 230 | #694 |
| 1996 | — | — | 207 | #741 |
| 1995 | — | — | 204 | #756 |
| 1994 | — | — | 153 | #869 |
| 1993 | — | — | 155 | #852 |
| 1992 | — | — | 165 | #819 |
| 1991 | — | — | 133 | #914 |
| 1990 | — | — | 119 | #957 |
| 1989 | — | — | 118 | #939 |
| 1988 | — | — | 116 | #889 |
| 1987 | — | — | 121 | #851 |
| 1986 | — | — | 115 | #846 |
| 1985 | — | — | 116 | #838 |
| 1984 | — | — | 103 | #869 |
| 1983 | — | — | 123 | #788 |
| 1982 | — | — | 114 | #833 |
| 1981 | — | — | 133 | #759 |
| 1980 | — | — | 116 | #818 |
| 1979 | — | — | 112 | #824 |
| 1978 | — | — | 113 | #801 |
| 1977 | — | — | 93 | #880 |
| 1976 | — | — | 100 | #837 |
| 1975 | — | — | 111 | #791 |
| 1974 | — | — | 83 | #890 |
| 1973 | — | — | 94 | #823 |
| 1972 | — | — | 74 | #939 |
| 1971 | — | — | 73 | #956 |
| 1970 | — | — | 69 | #977 |
| 1969 | — | — | 66 | #950 |
| 1968 | — | — | 62 | #928 |
| 1967 | — | — | 52 | #1,015 |
| 1966 | — | — | 72 | #859 |
| 1965 | — | — | 90 | #784 |
| 1964 | — | — | 70 | #912 |
| 1963 | — | — | 97 | #777 |
| 1962 | — | — | 78 | #860 |
| 1961 | — | — | 87 | #822 |
| 1960 | — | — | 79 | #861 |
| 1959 | — | — | 96 | #786 |
| 1958 | — | — | 104 | #731 |
| 1957 | — | — | 116 | #705 |
| 1956 | — | — | 101 | #734 |
| 1955 | — | — | 90 | #770 |
| 1954 | — | — | 115 | #673 |
| 1953 | — | — | 113 | #677 |
| 1952 | — | — | 101 | #698 |
| 1951 | — | — | 94 | #718 |
| 1950 | — | — | 120 | #631 |
| 1949 | — | — | 139 | #573 |
| 1948 | — | — | 113 | #639 |
| 1947 | — | — | 132 | #594 |
| 1946 | — | — | 142 | #539 |
| 1945 | — | — | 112 | #576 |
| 1944 | — | — | 118 | #563 |
| 1943 | — | — | 137 | #540 |
| 1942 | — | — | 145 | #508 |
| 1941 | — | — | 118 | #551 |
| 1940 | — | — | 120 | #538 |
| 1939 | — | — | 140 | #487 |
| 1938 | — | — | 146 | #477 |
| 1937 | — | — | 109 | #559 |
| 1936 | — | — | 145 | #468 |
| 1935 | — | — | 143 | #474 |
| 1934 | — | — | 142 | #480 |
| 1933 | — | — | 143 | #469 |
| 1932 | — | — | 154 | #464 |
| 1931 | — | — | 169 | #437 |
| 1930 | — | — | 191 | #429 |
| 1929 | — | — | 177 | #449 |
| 1928 | — | — | 167 | #474 |
| 1927 | — | — | 183 | #452 |
| 1926 | — | — | 211 | #417 |
| 1925 | — | — | 219 | #406 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,787 | 213 | #420 |
| 1923 | — | — | 206 | #423 |
| 1922 | — | — | 213 | #413 |
| 1921 | — | — | 224 | #405 |
| 1920 | — | — | 218 | #398 |
| 1919 | — | — | 202 | #411 |
| 1918 | — | — | 229 | #394 |
| 1917 | — | — | 205 | #394 |
| 1916 | — | — | 190 | #404 |
| 1915 | — | — | 197 | #380 |
| 1914 | — | — | 173 | #359 |
| 1913 | — | — | 126 | #376 |
| 1912 | — | — | 108 | #371 |
| 1911 | — | — | 59 | #362 |
| 1910 | — | — | 64 | #310 |
| 1909 | — | — | 62 | #287 |
| 1908 | — | — | 48 | #324 |
| 1907 | — | — | 45 | #321 |
| 1906 | — | — | 53 | #272 |
| 1905 | — | — | 43 | #310 |
| 1904 | — | — | 51 | #269 |
| 1903 | — | — | 47 | #272 |
| 1902 | — | — | 55 | #251 |
| 1901 | — | — | 37 | #289 |
| 1900 | — | — | 68 | #249 |
| 1899 | — | — | 55 | #226 |
| 1898 | — | — | 48 | #261 |
| 1897 | — | — | 53 | #241 |
| 1896 | — | — | 63 | #228 |
| 1895 | — | — | 68 | #210 |
| 1894 | — | — | 56 | #230 |
| 1893 | — | — | 57 | #225 |
| 1892 | — | — | 89 | #179 |
| 1891 | — | — | 58 | #207 |
| 1890 | — | — | 84 | #168 |
| 1889 | — | — | 67 | #196 |
| 1888 | — | — | 71 | #208 |
| 1887 | — | — | 64 | #192 |
| 1886 | — | — | 77 | #179 |
| 1885 | — | — | 73 | #180 |
| 1884 | — | — | 83 | #170 |
| 1883 | — | — | 77 | #162 |
| 1882 | — | — | 92 | #149 |
| 1881 | — | — | 73 | #166 |
| 1880 | — | — | 98 | #140 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).