Silas

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Silas: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Silas: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #92, and it stood at #104 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
58times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#92highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#784
1997	#914
1998	#1263
1999	#776
2000	#918
2001	#842
2002	#710
2003	#833
2004	#906
2005	#850
2006	#832
2007	#782
2008	#728
2009	#809
2010	#832
2011	#1087
2012	#977
2013	#931
2014	#889
2015	#950
2016	#1271
2017	#861
2018	#810
2019	#642
2020	#706
2021	#729
2022	#632
2023	#710
2024	#468

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #104 among boys in Norway, #468 among boys in England and Wales, #619 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #784 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2002–2025
Highest recorded position: #92 among boys in Norway, in 2023 (recorded 2002–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #104 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Silas appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 960 births with the name.

Silas across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Silas's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#784 (1996)	#468 (2024)	#468 (2024)	29 of 29	960 (1996–2024)	85 (2024)
Norway · Boys	#551 (2002)	#92 (2023)	#104 (2025)	22 of 24	687 (2002–2025)	70 (2023)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#699 (2015)	#699 (2015)	#741 (2020)	4 of 6	12 (2015–2020)	3 (2015)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#365 (2018)	#365 (2018)	#374 (2021)	2 of 4	8 (2018–2021)	4 (2018)

Silas by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Silas in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	66	4 of 10	17
2000s	277	10 of 10	28
2010s	334	10 of 10	33
2020sbusiest	283	5 of 10	57

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 57 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2023 and 2024, when recorded births rose by 37, from 48 to 85.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Silas appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #92 in Norway in 2023.

Silas's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#468	85	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#710	48	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#632	56	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#729	47	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#706	47	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#642	55	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#810	39	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#861	36	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1271	21	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#950	31	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#889	33	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#931	31	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#977	29	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1087	24	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#832	35	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#809	35	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#728	40	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#782	34	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#832	30	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#850	27	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#906	23	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#833	24	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#710	27	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#842	20	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#918	17	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#776	21	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1263	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#914	16	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#784	19	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#374	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#104	63	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#104	60	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#92	70	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#107	57	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#122	46	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#111	50	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#130	46	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#180	31	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#226	22	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#202	27	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#172	35	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#221	24	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#251	20	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#258	19	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#246	21	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#265	18	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#245	21	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#246	20	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#317	13	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#325	12	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#404	8	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#551	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#619	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #92, first reached in 2023.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 85 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2002, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Sile · #195, 45y
Silja · #183, 52y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Fraser · #92, 30y
Nellie · #93, 29y
Yahya · #93, 34y
Zayn · #93, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Bronte · #92, 30y
Israel · #92, 29y
Anika · #93, 30y
Athena · #93, 30y

Silas was ranked #92 in Norway · Boys in 2023. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Silas and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Silas without appearing here.

Silas moved ahead of

Murray Compare
In 2016 they stood at #1271 and #1271 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #861 and #2324.
Barry Compare
In 2004 they stood at #906 and #815 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #850 and #1617.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2016 they stood at #1271 and #1271 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #861 and #1627.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2000 they stood at #918 and #881 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #842 and #1595.

Moved ahead of Silas

Albie Compare
In 2002 they stood at #710 and #722 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #833 and #490.
Mathias Compare
In 2015 they stood at #950 and #1046 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1271 and #928.
Ollie Compare
In 1997 they stood at #914 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #1263 and #924.
Hudson Compare
In 2006 they stood at #832 and #885 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #782 and #538.

Moved the opposite way to Silas

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Silas went from #784 to #468 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Silas went from #784 to #468 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Silas went from #784 to #468 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Silas went from #784 to #468 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Silas

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Silas went from #784 to #468 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Silas went from #784 to #468 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Silas went from #784 to #468 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Silas went from #784 to #468 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #92 in Norway in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Silas

Silas at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Silas across 4 official records

Silas by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Silas appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Silas and the names beside it

Silas moved ahead of

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Silas at a glance

Silas across 4 official records

Silas by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Silas appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Silas

Silas and the names beside it

Silas moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Silas

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