Silas
Silas is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Male
- Confidence
- High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States, Switzerland
- US records 1880–2017
- 43,797 male / 70 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Silas
If you do not know Silas’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Silas,” in English, “Guten Tag Silas,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Silas,
German
Guten Tag Silas,
French
Bonjour Silas,
Spanish
Estimado/a Silas:
Chinese
Silas您好：
Japanese
Silas様
English
Hi Silas,
German
Hi Silas,
French
Salut Silas,
Spanish
Hola Silas,
Chinese
Silas你好：
Japanese
Silasさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | very common | man's name |
| Switzerland | rare | man's name |
United States birth data
43,797 male · 70 female · 43,867 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 99.8% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Silas a male or female name?
Silas is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Silas in an email?
If you do not know Silas’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Silas,” in English, “Guten Tag Silas,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Silas a unisex name?
Silas is classified as generally male in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Silas a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/silas. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_silas,
title = {Is Silas a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/silas},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}