girls:
1.7k births since 1915
#4106 (28th percentile)
boys:
486 births since 1896
#4100 (11th percentile)
overall:
2.1k births since 1896
#5645 (27th percentile)
The name Silver is the #5,645 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,142 recorded births since 1896. This represents the 27.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 27.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,106 (28.1% percentile) for all time with 1,656 births since 1915. For boys, it ranks #4,100 (10.5% percentile) for all time with 486 births since 1896.
Silver first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1896 (1896 for boys and 1915 for girls). Birth data for Silver is available in 103 out of the 128 years between 1896 and 2023 (93 years for girls and 56 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Silver has been given predominantly to girls, with 77.3% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 73.3% of babies named Silver were girls. Interestingly, until around 1918, the name was more popular for boys (69.8% boys from 1896 to 1917), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (78.3% girls from 1918 to 2023).
For girls, Silver reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 5.3% percentile (ranked #897) with 31 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 31 births per million (ranked 5.3% percentile). Despite a peak around 2019, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Silver is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #897 (5.3% percentile) with 31 births per million.
For boys, Silver reached its peak popularity in 1896, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #224) with 77 births per million. The name was most common in 1896, with 77 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Silver ranks #896 for boys (1.6% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 14.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Silver".
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