Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Silas

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Silas
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2024

Peak rank proxy

4,108

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Alpha

1880Peak 20242024

Peak year

2024

Decline from peak

2024

4,108

All-time

70,772

Silas has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2024, when 4,108 boys were named Silas.

In 2024, only 4,108 boys were given the name.

All told, about 70,772 Americans have been named Silas and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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