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“Of the forest; spirit of the wood” — Latin origin
Girl's name · #1240 in the US (2025) · Retro
Silvia's best rank, #494, came in 1974; it has settled back to #1240 today. Roughly 21,000 girls have been named Silvia since 1884. Together with its spelling variant Sylvia (#300), Silvia would rank around #258 with about 1,200 births last year — the newborns split about 85/15 between Sylvia and Silvia.
Around the world: about 1 in 6,800 girls in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 7,700 girls in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 8,500 girls in Switzerland (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 18 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 2,490 notable people named Silvia:
Scientists & scholars appear 1.51× more often than among typical names — e.g. Silvia Federici, Italian American scholar, teacher, and feminist activist.
Similar names: Sylvia · Luz · Sheila · Tania · Beatriz · Adria
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