Sylvan
Rank in 2025
#8362
recorded as girls
#1668
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
111
girls 12 · boys 99
Peak year
1912
53 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
3,813
since 1886
Born a Sylvan? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Sylvan was most popular in 1912, when 53 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.12 per 1,000). In 2025, 99 babies were named Sylvan, ranking #1668 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 109%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 8362 | 99 | 1668 |
| 2024 | 15 | 7251 | 84 | 1891 |
| 2023 | 11 | 8989 | 75 | 2014 |
| 2022 | 8 | 11231 | 80 | 1938 |
| 2021 | 9 | 10292 | 64 | 2193 |
| 2020 | 7 | 12142 | 45 | 2728 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 48 | 2656 |
| 2018 | 11 | 9151 | 32 | 3446 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 35 | 3249 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 43 | 2783 |
| 2015 | 8 | 11835 | 25 | 4080 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 35 | 3154 |
| 2013 | 5 | 16547 | 29 | 3582 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 31 | 3450 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 25 | 3994 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 27 | 3812 |
| 2009 | 8 | 12429 | 20 | 4748 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 20 | 4714 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 18 | 4996 |
| 2006 | 7 | 13606 | 25 | 3888 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 18 | 4631 |
| 2004 | 5 | 16099 | 21 | 4129 |
| 2003 | 6 | 13844 | 20 | 4114 |
| 2002 | 5 | 15432 | 29 | 3095 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 22 | 3721 |
| 2000 | 6 | 13154 | 22 | 3640 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 11 | 5656 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 19 | 3708 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 11 | 5288 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 9 | 5982 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 12 | 4791 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 16 | 3911 |
| 1993 | 6 | 11780 | 20 | 3246 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 12 | 4564 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 7 | 6519 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 15 | 3779 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 11 | 4527 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 13 | 3705 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 15 | 3201 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 8 | 4853 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 14 | 3216 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 17 | 2706 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 13 | 3230 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | 9 | 4234 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 13 | 3221 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 14 | 3098 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 9 | 4068 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 6 | 5059 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 9 | 3836 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 9 | 3724 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 18 | 2361 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | 8 | 3837 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 11 | 3013 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 14 | 2534 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 16 | 2366 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 5 | 4724 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 6 | 3935 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 7 | 3365 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 17 | 1891 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 5 | 3930 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 18 | 1900 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 12 | 2414 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 10 | 2673 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 15 | 2148 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 18 | 1910 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 15 | 2111 |
| 1958 | <5 | — | 14 | 2177 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 16 | 2019 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 16 | 2015 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 11 | 2435 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 15 | 2044 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 18 | 1836 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 29 | 1406 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 19 | 1725 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 25 | 1464 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 30 | 1322 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 25 | 1460 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 29 | 1363 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | 21 | 1557 |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 19 | 1536 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 31 | 1193 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 34 | 1170 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 29 | 1298 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 28 | 1254 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 32 | 1183 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 32 | 1141 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 33 | 1125 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 33 | 1148 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 36 | 1068 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 44 | 956 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 39 | 1038 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 37 | 1078 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 50 | 915 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 40 | 1065 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 47 | 990 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 54 | 914 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 51 | 950 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 52 | 964 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 71 | 765 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 80 | 723 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 73 | 787 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 69 | 803 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 66 | 840 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 76 | 768 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 68 | 812 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 71 | 766 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 103 | 604 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 73 | 713 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 84 | 636 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 66 | 734 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 52 | 724 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 48 | 641 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 53 | 552 |
| 1911 | <5 | — | 24 | 624 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | 11 | 981 |
| 1909 | <5 | — | 10 | 951 |
| 1908 | <5 | — | 13 | 744 |
| 1907 | <5 | — | 13 | 735 |
| 1906 | <5 | — | 13 | 674 |
| 1905 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1904 | <5 | — | 8 | 874 |
| 1903 | <5 | — | 8 | 846 |
| 1902 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1901 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1900 | <5 | — | 12 | 743 |
| 1899 | <5 | — | 11 | 613 |
| 1898 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1897 | <5 | — | 7 | 852 |
| 1896 | <5 | — | 6 | 982 |
| 1895 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1894 | <5 | — | 5 | 1074 |
| 1893 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1892 | <5 | — | 5 | 1066 |
| 1891 | <5 | — | 5 | 963 |
| 1890 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1889 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1888 | <5 | — | 5 | 1031 |
| 1887 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1886 | <5 | — | 7 | 758 |
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Where Sylvan is most popular
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 3% · boys 97% across all years