Sylva
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · Last seen for boys in 1934 at #2,973
Given to girls 98.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1891 · 10 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 890since 1886
Sylva over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Sylva has never cracked the top 800 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | — | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
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| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | — | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | — | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | — | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | — | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | — | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | — | |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | — | |
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | — | |
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | — | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | — | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | — | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | — | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | — | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | — | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | — | |
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,300 | 13 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,752 | 20 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,779 | 19 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,205 | 14 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,194 | 16 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,885 | 21 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,076 | 18 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,609 | 27 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,723 | 25 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,944 | 20 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,785 | 23 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,867 | 22 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,439 | 31 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #1,393 | 31 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,600 | 25 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #1,847 | 19 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,408 | 27 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,738 | 19 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,385 | 21 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,120 | 24 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,352 | 16 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,171 | 15 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,267 | 13 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,152 | 13 | — | |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,037 | 14 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,229 | 10 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,093 | 12 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,170 | 10 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,318 | 8 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,133 | 10 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 | — | |
| 1899 | #983 | 11 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | — | |
| 1891 | #893 | 10 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | — | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | #959 | 8 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | #993 | 6 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1886
The first year at least five girls were named Sylva! It came in at #993, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Sylva
Momentum · girls
Brand new
- Biggest jump: 445 spots in 1891 (#1,338 → #893)
- Biggest drop: 578 spots in 1900 (#983 → #1,561)
Rise & fade · girls
5 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1891 at #893 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1892, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1886–1899
Share of babies · girls
1 in 18,548
- Highest: 1 in 18,548 girls born in 1891 were named Sylva (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 24.3% of all girls named Sylva (216) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 14 | #959 (1888) | #976 |
| 1890s | 73 | #893 (1891) | #1,242 |
| 1900s | 95 | #1,037 (1907) | #1,326 |
| 1910s | 210 | #1,120 (1913) | #1,428 |
| 1920s | 216 | #1,439 (1920) | #1,896 |
| 1930s | 136 | #1,752 (1938) | #2,373 |
| 1940s | 60 | #3,030 (1941) | #3,889 |
| 1950s | 31 | #3,967 (1954) | #5,107 |
| 1960s | 26 | #5,168 (1960) | #5,592 |
| 1970s | 10 | #7,995 (1970) | #8,209 |
| 1980s | 7 | #8,128 (1981) | #8,128 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,513 (2014) | #16,513 |
| 2020s | 7 | #11,932 (2025) | #11,932 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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