Silver
Recorded 1896–2025 · United States
Silver was most popular in 2023, when 75 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,285 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,676, with 65 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,277 people named Silver.
Silver over time
How old is the name Silver?
Silver first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1896, which makes it about 129 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 105 of the 130 years since.
How many people are named Silver?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,277 American births named Silver between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,964 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Silver in 2025?
65 American babies were named Silver in 2025, ranking #4,676 that year.
Is Silver getting more or less popular?
Silver is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 67 births a year, against 48 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +38% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Silver a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Silver is a unisex name — 76.8% of the 2,277 Americans given it were girls and 23.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 73% girls and 27% 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.
How old is someone named Silver?
Roughly 1,964 Americans named Silver are alive today — 86% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 19 years old, and half are between 8 and 37.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Silver is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org