Sylar

Where Sylar comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Sylar.

Sylar through the years
  1. 2006
    First appearance
    #7,998 among boys with 9 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2009
    Peak, #1,708
    91 babies named Sylar, the most in any year.
  3. 2017
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #3,249.
In the dictionary

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Namesakes

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