Sylvan
#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · #1,668 for boys in 2025, 99 births
Given to boys 96.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1912 · 53 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,684since 1886
Sylvan over time
Rank among boys' names. Sylvan has never cracked the top 500 here.
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 | #8,362 | 12 | #1,668 | 99 |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 | #1,891 | 84 |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 | #2,014 | 75 |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | #1,938 | 80 |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | #2,193 | 64 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #2,728 | 45 |
| 2019 | — | #2,656 | 48 | |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | #3,446 | 32 |
| 2017 | — | #3,249 | 35 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,783 | 43 | |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | #4,080 | 25 |
| 2014 | — | #3,154 | 35 | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #3,582 | 29 |
| 2012 | — | #3,450 | 31 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,994 | 25 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,812 | 27 | |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | #4,748 | 20 |
| 2008 | — | #4,714 | 20 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,996 | 18 | |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #3,888 | 25 |
| 2005 | — | #4,631 | 18 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #4,129 | 21 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #4,114 | 20 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #3,095 | 29 |
| 2001 | — | #3,721 | 22 | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #3,640 | 22 |
| 1999 | — | #5,656 | 11 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,708 | 19 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,288 | 11 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,982 | 9 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,791 | 12 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,911 | 16 | |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #3,246 | 20 |
| 1992 | — | #4,564 | 12 | |
| 1991 | — | #6,519 | 7 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,779 | 15 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,527 | 11 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,705 | 13 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,201 | 15 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,853 | 8 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,216 | 14 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,706 | 17 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,230 | 13 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,234 | 9 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,221 | 13 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,098 | 14 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,068 | 9 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,836 | 9 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,724 | 9 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,361 | 18 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,013 | 11 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,534 | 14 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,366 | 16 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,365 | 7 | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | #1,891 | 17 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,930 | 5 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,900 | 18 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,414 | 12 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,148 | 15 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,910 | 18 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,111 | 15 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,177 | 14 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,019 | 16 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,015 | 16 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,435 | 11 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,044 | 15 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,836 | 18 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,406 | 29 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,725 | 19 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,464 | 25 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,322 | 30 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,460 | 25 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,363 | 29 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,557 | 21 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,536 | 19 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,193 | 31 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,170 | 34 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,298 | 29 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,254 | 28 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,183 | 32 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,141 | 32 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,125 | 33 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,148 | 33 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,068 | 36 | |
| 1935 | — | #956 | 44 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,038 | 39 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,078 | 37 | |
| 1932 | — | #915 | 50 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,065 | 40 | |
| 1930 | — | #990 | 47 | |
| 1929 | — | #914 | 54 | |
| 1928 | — | #950 | 51 | |
| 1927 | — | #964 | 52 | |
| 1926 | — | #765 | 71 | |
| 1925 | — | #723 | 80 | |
| 1924 | — | #787 | 73 | |
| 1923 | — | #803 | 69 | |
| 1922 | — | #840 | 66 | |
| 1921 | — | #768 | 76 | |
| 1920 | — | #812 | 68 | |
| 1919 | — | #766 | 71 | |
| 1918 | — | #604 | 103 | |
| 1917 | — | #713 | 73 | |
| 1916 | — | #636 | 84 | |
| 1915 | — | #734 | 66 | |
| 1914 | — | #724 | 52 | |
| 1913 | — | #641 | 48 | |
| 1912 | — | #552 | 53 | |
| 1911 | — | #624 | 24 | |
| 1910 | — | #981 | 11 | |
| 1909 | — | #951 | 10 | |
| 1908 | — | #744 | 13 | |
| 1907 | — | #735 | 13 | |
| 1906 | — | #674 | 13 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
| 1903 | — | #846 | 8 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #743 | 12 | |
| 1899 | — | #613 | 11 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | #982 | 6 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #1,031 | 5 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Sylvan! It came in at #758, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1895, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Sylvan
- 223 spots since 2024 (#1,891 → #1,668)
- 1,060 spots since 2020 (#2,728 → #1,668)
- 2,412 spots since 2015 (#4,080 → #1,668)
- Biggest jump: 357 spots in 1911 (#981 → #624)
- Biggest drop: 207 spots in 1909 (#744 → #951)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1912 at #552 (53 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 33 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1906–1930
- Highest: 1 in 8,112 boys born in 1912 were named Sylvan (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 17,253 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 17.9% of all boys named Sylvan (660) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | #758 (1886) | #895 |
| 1890s | 39 | #613 (1899) | #925 |
| 1900s | 77 | #674 (1906) | #795 |
| 1910s | 585 | #552 (1912) | #698 |
| 1920s | 660 | #723 (1925) | #833 |
| 1930s | 391 | #915 (1932) | #1,052 |
| 1940s | 278 | #1,170 (1943) | #1,334 |
| 1950s | 178 | #1,406 (1952) | #1,923 |
| 1960s | 108 | #1,891 (1966) | #2,685 |
| 1970s | 105 | #2,361 (1975) | #3,552 |
| 1980s | 127 | #2,706 (1984) | #3,599 |
| 1990s | 132 | #3,246 (1993) | #4,744 |
| 2000s | 215 | #3,095 (2002) | #4,168 |
| 2010s | 330 | #2,656 (2019) | #3,421 |
| 2020s | 447 | #1,668 (2025) | #2,072 |
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.
Sylvan in 2022
Top girls' names in 2022
Top boys' names in 2022
More about 2022
girls
1,640,131 girls got a published name in 2022; 1 in 205,016 of them was named Sylvan, which outranked 36.8% of the 17,760 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #10,383Zyleah9
- #10,383Zyleigh9
- #10,383Zyva9
- #11,231Sylvan8
- #11,231Aadriti8
- #11,231Aaisha8
- #11,231Aaravi8
- #12,243Aaditri7
- #12,243Aagya7
- #12,243Aaima7
Tied with 1,011 names at #11,231; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,746,008 boys got a published name in 2022; 1 in 21,825 of them was named Sylvan, which outranked 86.5% of the 14,333 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,917Roscoe81
- #1,917Thor81
- #1,917Virgil81
- #1,938Sylvan80
- #1,938Ajay80
- #1,938Arlen80
- #1,938Caison80
- #1,951Amadeo79
- #1,951Brantlee79
- #1,951Damarion79
Tied with 12 names at #1,938; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.