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Loans and Allowance for Loan Losses Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]      
Deferred loan fee income $ 104,000,000us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableDeferredIncome $ 89,000,000us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableDeferredIncome  
Loans modified in TDRs 7,151,000us-gaap_FinancingReceivableModificationsRecordedInvestment 22,433,000us-gaap_FinancingReceivableModificationsRecordedInvestment  
Unfunded commitments available for funding 3,100,000sivb_ModificationsUnfundedCommitmentsAvailableForFunding    
Loans modified in TDRs during the period 2,738,000sivb_FinancingReceivableModificationsRecordedInvestmentModifiedDuringPeriod [1] 13,848,000sivb_FinancingReceivableModificationsRecordedInvestmentModifiedDuringPeriod [1] 28,723,000sivb_FinancingReceivableModificationsRecordedInvestmentModifiedDuringPeriod [1]
Forgiveness Of Principal [Member]      
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]      
Loans modified in TDRs during the period 1,000,000sivb_FinancingReceivableModificationsRecordedInvestmentModifiedDuringPeriod
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= sivb_ForgivenessOfPrincipalMember
0sivb_FinancingReceivableModificationsRecordedInvestmentModifiedDuringPeriod
/ us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis
= sivb_ForgivenessOfPrincipalMember
9,000,000sivb_FinancingReceivableModificationsRecordedInvestmentModifiedDuringPeriod
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= sivb_ForgivenessOfPrincipalMember
Payment Deferrals Granted      
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]      
Loans modified in TDRs during the period $ 1,700,000sivb_FinancingReceivableModificationsRecordedInvestmentModifiedDuringPeriod
/ us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis
= sivb_PaymentDeferralsGrantedMember
  $ 19,000,000sivb_FinancingReceivableModificationsRecordedInvestmentModifiedDuringPeriod
/ us-gaap_AccountsNotesLoansAndFinancingReceivableByReceivableTypeAxis
= sivb_PaymentDeferralsGrantedMember
[1] During 2014 we had no partial charge-offs. In 2013 and 2012 we had partial charge-offs of $11.1 million and $14.3 million respectively, on loans classified as TDRs.