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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Silver.

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Its story

Popularity since 1915

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 95 recorded years as a table

Silver, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1915	8
1917	5
1918	7
1919	12
1921	6
1923	5
1924	5
1925	5
1926	4
1927	6
1928	8
1931	7
1933	5
1934	5
1935	12
1936	9
1937	10
1938	9
1939	11
1940	7
1941	8
1943	4
1944	8
1945	4
1947	5
1948	5
1949	4
1950	4
1952	5
1953	3
1955	5
1956	3
1957	6
1958	2
1959	4
1960	5
1962	3
1964	5
1965	3
1966	4
1967	3
1968	4
1970	4
1972	7
1974	4
1975	5
1977	5
1978	7
1979	6
1980	8
1981	5
1982	11
1983	25
1984	24
1985	15
1986	10
1987	11
1988	20
1989	17
1990	15
1991	15
1992	11
1993	12
1994	11
1995	7
1996	14
1997	22
1998	15
1999	11
2000	10
2001	10
2002	14
2003	8
2004	8
2005	9
2006	8
2007	5
2008	10
2009	19
2010	25
2011	18
2012	23
2013	20
2014	20
2015	23
2016	29
2017	26
2018	22
2019	30
2020	23
2021	29
2022	25
2023	34
2024	29
2025	29

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Silver isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 46
Rank in 2025: #3,342
How rare: 1 in 34,940 girls
Since 1915: 1,749

Most popular in 2023, at 34 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 25% per million girls born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.