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How popular is the name Silvia?
Births per year, rank history and how many Silvias are alive today.
Silvia (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Sylvia in England and Wales, ranked 2278th in 2025 and given to 12 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2020, when 21 babies were given the name, the 1449th most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Sylvia you are most likely to meet is around 83 years old. Half of all Sylvias born in England and Wales are between 64 and 87, and there are at least 43,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 13% chance that at least one of them will be called Sylvia.
How many babies are named Silvia each year?
Includes all spellings: Silvia, Sylvia. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Silvia spelling rank?
Where does the Sylvia spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Silvia most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Sylvia, peaked in 1934, when around 2,800 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Silvia spelling itself peaked in 2020, with 21 babies.
How many people are called Silvia?
At least 43,000 people named Silvia in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Silvia?
Most living Silvias are between 64 and 87; the most common age is about 83.
Is Silvia becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.