Is Silva a boy or girl name?

Silva is a girl’s name. Of the 911 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 98.9% were girls and 1.1% were boys.

Silva

Recorded 1892–2023 · United States

Silva was most popular in 1969, when 19 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,722 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 911 people named Silva.

Silva over time

Births per year. The dot marks Silva’s peak in 1969. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Silva a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Silva is a girl’s name — 98.9% of the 911 Americans given it were girls and 1.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 64% girls and 36% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Silva

Where Silva is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

California 9.0×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org