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Share-Based Compensation Weighted Average Assumptions and Fair Values Used for ESPP (Detail) (Employee Stock Purchase Plan, USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
     
Share based Compensation Arrangement by Share based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Method Used [Line Items]      
Expected term in years 6 months 6 months 6 months
Weighted average expected volatility of the Company's underlying common stock 23.70%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate
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22.30%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate
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43.50%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate
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Risk-free interest rate 0.08%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
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0.11%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
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0.11%us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate
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Expected dividend yield $ 0us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendPayments
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$ 0us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendPayments
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$ 0us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardFairValueAssumptionsExpectedDividendPayments
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Weighted average fair value $ 24.00sivb_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardWeightedAverageFairValue
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$ 15.35sivb_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardWeightedAverageFairValue
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$ 14.43sivb_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardWeightedAverageFairValue
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