Fun Facts About the Name Silvio
- More than 3 thousand babies named Silvio: U.S. records list 3,000 babies given the name Silvio from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Silvio Mean?
Silvio means "of the woods" or "from the forest." It is the Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese form of the Latin name Silvius, which comes from the Latin noun silva, meaning "wood" or "forest." The name is generally explained as a byname for someone tied to woodland, and Roman writers themselves linked it to silva. The precise way Silvius was formed is not recorded, and a minority of scholars have wondered whether the name might be Etruscan rather than Latin, so the woodland sense is a long-standing interpretation rather than a certainty. The feminine forms Silvia and Sylvia come from the same Latin root.
Silvio Name History & Origins
In Roman tradition, Silvius was a legendary king of Alba Longa, the city in Latium said to have been founded by Aeneas's son Ascanius. Vergil, in the Aeneid, calls Silvius "an Alban name" and describes him as the posthumous son of Aeneas and Lavinia, from whom the line of Alban kings was said to descend. Livy lists a series of those kings, several of whom carry Silvius as part of their name, including Aeneas Silvius, Latinus Silvius, and Romulus Silvius. These are legendary accounts rather than documented records, and they differ on Silvius's parentage, but they show the name in use in the Latin world.
Silvius remained a personal name in Latin and passed into the Romance languages in the forms used today: Silvio in Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese, alongside the feminine Silvia. The name appears in Renaissance Italian literature; in Giovanni Battista Guarini's pastoral play Il pastor fido (1590), Silvio is a young hunter betrothed to Dorinda. It has also belonged to real figures, among them the Italian writer Silvio Pellico (1789 - 1854), whose memoir Le mie prigioni recounts his years in Austrian prisons. In English-speaking countries Silvio is uncommon, while the related feminine Sylvia is far more familiar.
How Popular is the Name Silvio?
Silvio recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1922. Its best rank was #686 in 1917.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,830 | 45 | 0.0026% |
| 2024 | #3,083 | 40 | 0.0023% |
| 2023 | #3,615 | 32 | 0.0019% |
| 2022 | #3,972 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2021 | #3,899 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2020 | #6,241 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2019 | #3,981 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2018 | #4,894 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2017 | #3,507 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 2016 | #3,762 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 2015 | #4,525 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2014 | #6,572 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2013 | #4,595 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2012 | #5,686 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2011 | #4,631 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2010 | #5,994 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2009 | #4,143 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2008 | #3,813 | 28 | 0.0014% |
| 2007 | #3,876 | 27 | 0.0013% |
| 2006 | #4,651 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2005 | #4,438 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2004 | #4,573 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2003 | #3,826 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2002 | #4,022 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2001 | #3,604 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 2000 | #3,287 | 26 | 0.0013% |
| 1999 | #4,312 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1998 | #5,121 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1997 | #3,858 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1996 | #4,161 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1995 | #3,672 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1994 | #3,448 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1993 | #6,156 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1992 | #4,074 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1991 | #3,610 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 1990 | #3,046 | 21 | 0.0010% |
| 1989 | #2,535 | 26 | 0.0013% |
| 1988 | #3,058 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1987 | #3,181 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1986 | #3,110 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1985 | #2,587 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1984 | #3,899 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1983 | #2,777 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1982 | #3,657 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1981 | #3,007 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1980 | #2,356 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1979 | #4,350 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1978 | #3,374 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1977 | #3,803 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1976 | #4,366 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1975 | #2,884 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1974 | #2,780 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 1973 | #2,499 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 1972 | #2,069 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 1971 | #2,357 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1970 | #2,722 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1969 | #2,666 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1968 | #2,186 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1967 | #1,647 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1966 | #1,883 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1965 | #1,908 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1964 | #2,301 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1963 | #1,658 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 1962 | #2,266 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1961 | #1,628 | 25 | 0.0012% |
| 1960 | #2,197 | 15 | 0.0007% |
| 1959 | #2,515 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1958 | #2,011 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 1957 | #1,882 | 19 | 0.0009% |
| 1956 | #3,174 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1955 | #1,783 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1954 | #1,622 | 23 | 0.0011% |
| 1953 | #2,273 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1952 | #1,799 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1951 | #1,897 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1950 | #2,102 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1949 | #1,812 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1948 | #1,937 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1947 | #1,474 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 1946 | #2,131 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1945 | #2,378 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1944 | #1,972 | 14 | 0.0010% |
| 1943 | #1,757 | 18 | 0.0013% |
| 1942 | #1,855 | 16 | 0.0012% |
| 1941 | #1,812 | 16 | 0.0013% |
| 1940 | #1,562 | 20 | 0.0017% |
| 1939 | #1,319 | 26 | 0.0023% |
| 1938 | #2,309 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1937 | #2,079 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1936 | #1,319 | 26 | 0.0025% |
| 1935 | #1,648 | 19 | 0.0018% |
| 1934 | #1,492 | 22 | 0.0021% |
| 1933 | #1,448 | 23 | 0.0023% |
| 1932 | #1,214 | 32 | 0.0031% |
| 1931 | #1,098 | 39 | 0.0038% |
| 1930 | #914 | 54 | 0.0049% |
| 1929 | #1,108 | 40 | 0.0037% |
| 1928 | #1,002 | 48 | 0.0043% |
| 1927 | #1,011 | 49 | 0.0043% |
| 1926 | #889 | 58 | 0.0052% |
| 1925 | #800 | 69 | 0.0062% |
| 1924 | #736 | 82 | 0.0072% |
| 1923 | #749 | 77 | 0.0070% |
| 1922 | #708 | 86 | 0.0079% |
| 1921 | #907 | 60 | 0.0054% |
| 1920 | #789 | 72 | 0.0068% |
| 1919 | #1,081 | 41 | 0.0042% |
| 1918 | #815 | 65 | 0.0064% |
| 1917 | #686 | 78 | 0.0084% |
| 1916 | #714 | 71 | 0.0080% |
| 1915 | #731 | 67 | 0.0079% |
| 1914 | #853 | 41 | 0.0063% |
| 1913 | #692 | 44 | 0.0086% |
| 1912 | #910 | 25 | 0.0058% |
| 1911 | #754 | 19 | 0.0084% |
| 1910 | #1,562 | 6 | 0.0031% |
| 1909 | #1,013 | 10 | 0.0061% |
| 1908 | #1,016 | 9 | 0.0058% |
| 1905 | #1,406 | 5 | 0.0038% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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