Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Silver

Gender

Male

Origin

English
The Color Silver
Precious metal, white metal

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Color
  • Exotic
  • Green
  • Nature

Pronunciation

s(i)-lver, sil-ver

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #4414, 23 births); most recent 2025 (rank #5045, 19 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #3012, 55 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3342, 46 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20251946
20242347
20232055
20221841
20211847
20201937
20191151
20181437
20171345
20161251

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2020 (rank #2227, 9 births); most recent 2024 (rank #3249, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2014 (rank #1456, 21 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4200, 5 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025–5
2024613
202346
2022310
202138
202099
2019–13
2018–8
2017–14
2016–9

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1996 (rank #1775, 7 births); most recent 2019 (rank #4168, 4 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2020 (rank #4570, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
2023––
2022––
2021––
2020–4
20194–
2018–3
2017––
2016––
2015––
20143–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2019 (rank #560, 5 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
20195
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2016 (rank #659, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
20165
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence