Silvan

Where Silvan comes from

The dictionaries list Silvan as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1926
    First appearance
    #4,201 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1956
    Peak, #2,969
    8 babies named Silvan — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1957
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Silvan hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.