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A name. A world of connections.
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01 / Meaning & origin
Silja is a feminine given name documented in German, Danish, Estonian and 4 other languages. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it.
3 source accounts
Vernacular form of Cecilia.
Ultimately, from Latin Caecilia.
Du latin Caecilia.
02 / Across borders
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6 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
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Published statistics
United States, 2014: 6 girls (rank 14558).
Explore United States4 of 9 countries
03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1945–2025 Spelling: Silja
Recorded category girls
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Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1947 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1950 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1951 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1952 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1953 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1954 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1955 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1956 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1957 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1958 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1959 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1960 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1961 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1962 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1963 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1964 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1965 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1966 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1967 | 6 | 439 | observed |
| 1968 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1969 | 5 | 481 | observed |
| 1970 | 4 | 566 | observed |
| 1971 | 10 | 345 | observed |
| 1972 | 8 | 415 | observed |
| 1973 | 16 | 263 | observed |
| 1974 | 11 | 348 | observed |
| 1975 | 20 | 224 | observed |
| 1976 | 29 | 177 | observed |
| 1977 | 16 | 274 | observed |
| 1978 | 16 | 277 | observed |
| 1979 | 14 | 295 | observed |
| 1980 | 10 | 378 | observed |
| 1981 | 5 | 560 | observed |
| 1982 | 11 | 359 | observed |
| 1983 | 7 | 467 | observed |
| 1984 | 7 | 487 | observed |
| 1985 | 4 | 644 | observed |
| 1986 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1987 | 4 | 638 | observed |
| 1988 | 8 | 475 | observed |
| 1989 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1990 | 6 | 544 | observed |
| 1991 | 9 | 421 | observed |
| 1992 | 8 | 456 | observed |
| 1993 | 7 | 477 | observed |
| 1994 | 8 | 424 | observed |
| 1995 | 6 | 516 | observed |
| 1996 | 7 | 466 | observed |
| 1997 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1998 | 7 | 455 | observed |
| 1999 | 12 | 322 | observed |
| 2000 | 8 | 411 | observed |
| 2001 | 7 | 431 | observed |
| 2002 | 13 | 311 | observed |
| 2003 | 12 | 324 | observed |
| 2004 | 16 | 279 | observed |
| 2005 | 12 | 344 | observed |
| 2006 | 17 | 270 | observed |
| 2007 | 16 | 293 | observed |
| 2008 | 19 | 269 | observed |
| 2009 | 23 | 231 | observed |
| 2010 | 16 | 300 | observed |
| 2011 | 25 | 216 | observed |
| 2012 | 17 | 285 | observed |
| 2013 | 14 | 329 | observed |
| 2014 | 24 | 230 | observed |
| 2015 | 12 | 348 | observed |
| 2016 | 17 | 282 | observed |
| 2017 | 15 | 297 | observed |
| 2018 | 8 | 402 | observed |
| 2019 | 8 | 386 | observed |
| 2020 | 4 | 471 | observed |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | 6 | 402 | observed |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | 4 | 491 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Silja” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
Finnish hammer thrower
German soprano (born 1940)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
