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Boy's name · #71 in the US (2025) · Comeback
Silas was #140 in 1880, slipped to #1015 by 1967, and reached #71 in 2025 — its highest rank ever. About 75,000 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.
Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel chose the name for their son, Silas Randall Timberlake, born in April 2015.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#104 in Norway (2025) · #168 in New Zealand (2025) · #201 in Switzerland (2025) · #322 in Austria (2025) · #385 in Sweden (2025) · #410 in Netherlands (2025) · #422 in Belgium (2025) · #592 in England & Wales (2025) · #595 in France (2025) · #749 in Scotland (2025) · #139 in Canada (2024).
Among 329 notable people named Silas:
Lawyers & judges appear 2.74× more often than among typical names — e.g. Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (1839–1896).
Similar names: Sylas · Jasper · Shiloh · Eli · Elias · Zion
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