Silvia

Meaning: Of the forest
Origin: Latin — Variant of Sylvia

Girl's name · #1240 in the US (2025) · Retro

Popularity over time

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.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 18 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#123 in Italy (2024) · #264 in Mexico (2024) · #763 in Ecuador (2025) · #912 in Poland (2025) · #1,004 in Sweden (2025) · #1,148 in Belgium (2025) · #2,249 in France (2025) · #2,278 in England & Wales (2025) · #3,044 in Canada (2025) · #3,485 in Austria (2025) · #502 in Norway (2022) · #100 in Spain (2016) and 3 more.

Famous Silvias

Silvia Federici — Italian-American scholar, teacher, and feminist activist (born 1942)
Silvia Pinal — Mexican actress (1931–2024)
Silvia Navarro — Mexican actress (born 1978)
Silvia Colloca — Singer, actress, author and TV cooking personality (born 1977)
Silvia Salis — Italian politician and former athletics competitor (born 1985)

In stories & tradition

Silvía Night — Fictional character from the series Sjáumst með Silvíu Nótt
Silvia Valeva — Undercover (TV series)
Silvia Veleva — Undercover (TV series)

What Silvias become

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 (born 1942).

Spellings & nicknames

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.

Similar names: Sylvia · Luz · Sheila · Tania · Cristina · Simone

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