Boy
Silas
Silas is a boy's name, a solidly familiar choice, that is currently on the rise, with its biggest decade yet in the 2010s.
EtymologyShort for Silvanus
LatinLatin "silva" – "of the forest"
Births by decade
1900s
509
1910s
1,553
1920s
2,036
1930s
1,482
1940s
1,276
1950s
1,051
1960s
752
1970s
920
1980s
1,175
1990s
1,903
2000s
7,314
2010s
22,490
Peaked in the 2010s · 42,461 total U.S. births since 1900