boys:
2.9k births since 1905
#2331 (49th percentile)
overall:
2.9k births since 1905
#5020 (35th percentile)
The name Silvio is the #5,020 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,913 recorded births since 1905. This represents the 35.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 35.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,331 (49.1% percentile) for all time with 2,913 births since 1905.
Silvio first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1905 (first recorded for boys in 1905). Birth data for Silvio is available in 117 out of the 119 years between 1905 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Silvio reached its peak popularity in 1922, achieving the 14.9% percentile (ranked #465) with 76 births per million. The name was most common in 1913, with 82 births per million (ranked 9.6% percentile). Despite a peak around 2019, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Silvio ranks #885 for boys (2.9% percentile) with 17 births per million, which is 20.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Silvio".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Silvio. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 86.8% confident that Silvio is pronounced as SIHL-vee-oh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SIHL-vyoh, at 13.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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