Silvester
Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
- Peak · boys
- 1884 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,306since 1884
Silvester over time
Rank among boys' names. Silvester has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #6,530 | 9 |
| 1998 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #4,960 | 12 |
| 1996 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,452 | 10 |
| 1993 | #4,697 | 12 |
| 1992 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #3,350 | 15 |
| 1987 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #3,882 | 11 |
| 1985 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #3,270 | 13 |
| 1983 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,030 | 14 |
| 1980 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #2,178 | 14 |
| 1964 | #2,114 | 15 |
| 1963 | #1,455 | 29 |
| 1962 | #1,805 | 20 |
| 1961 | #1,570 | 26 |
| 1960 | #1,400 | 32 |
| 1959 | #1,974 | 17 |
| 1958 | #2,026 | 16 |
| 1957 | #2,190 | 14 |
| 1956 | #1,765 | 20 |
| 1955 | #1,646 | 22 |
| 1954 | #1,668 | 21 |
| 1953 | #1,958 | 16 |
| 1952 | #1,749 | 19 |
| 1951 | #1,972 | 15 |
| 1950 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,027 | 14 |
| 1947 | #2,169 | 13 |
| 1946 | #2,271 | 11 |
| 1945 | #1,633 | 17 |
| 1944 | #2,080 | 12 |
| 1943 | #2,182 | 12 |
| 1942 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #2,288 | 10 |
| 1938 | #2,084 | 12 |
| 1937 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #2,246 | 11 |
| 1934 | #2,022 | 13 |
| 1933 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1932 | #1,848 | 16 |
| 1931 | #2,003 | 14 |
| 1930 | #1,693 | 19 |
| 1929 | #1,378 | 27 |
| 1928 | #1,822 | 18 |
| 1927 | #1,748 | 20 |
| 1926 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1925 | #1,534 | 24 |
| 1924 | #1,776 | 20 |
| 1923 | #1,300 | 31 |
| 1922 | #1,827 | 19 |
| 1921 | #1,829 | 19 |
| 1920 | #1,457 | 26 |
| 1919 | #1,624 | 21 |
| 1918 | #2,165 | 14 |
| 1917 | #1,986 | 15 |
| 1916 | #1,771 | 17 |
| 1915 | #1,968 | 14 |
| 1914 | #1,608 | 15 |
| 1913 | #1,945 | 9 |
| 1912 | #1,746 | 9 |
| 1911 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | #928 | 12 |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,205 | 5 |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #819 | 6 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #764 | 7 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Silvester! It came in at #764, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1886, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Silvester
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 512 spots in 1910 (#1,440 → #928)
- Biggest drop: 459 spots in 1911 (#928 → #1,387)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1884 at #764 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1884–1910
- Highest: 1 in 16,184 boys born in 1910 were named Silvester (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 285,096 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #764 in 1884, was only 1 in 16,349 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 16.7% of all boys named Silvester (218) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 13 | #764 (1884) | #792 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 31 | #1,058 (1901) | #1,208 |
| 1910s | 133 | #928 (1910) | #1,713 |
| 1920s | 218 | #1,300 (1923) | #1,686 |
| 1930s | 121 | #1,693 (1930) | #2,221 |
| 1940s | 103 | #1,633 (1945) | #2,304 |
| 1950s | 170 | #1,646 (1955) | #1,939 |
| 1960s | 177 | #1,400 (1960) | #2,118 |
| 1970s | 83 | #2,891 (1970) | #3,931 |
| 1980s | 99 | #3,030 (1981) | #4,050 |
| 1990s | 88 | #4,476 (1991) | #5,749 |
| 2000s | 53 | #7,831 (2003) | #9,471 |
| 2010s | 11 | #10,644 (2015) | #11,438 |
| 2020s | 6 | #10,821 (2023) | #10,821 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Silvester in 1963
Top boys' names in 1963
More about 1963
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2,031,078 boys got a published name in 1963; 1 in 70,037 of them was named Silvester, which outranked 68.5% of the 4,621 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,426Tyrus30
- #1,426Welton30
- #1,426Winfield30
- #1,455Silvester29
- #1,455Alfonza29
- #1,455Ariel29
- #1,455Arlan29
- #1,485Amado28
- #1,485Aundra28
- #1,485Barrie28
Tied with 29 names at #1,455; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.