Sylas
- #7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births
- #440 for boys in 2025, 717 births
- Given to boys 99.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 717 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 8,889since 1975
Sylas over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Sylas has never cracked the top 400 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,133 | 15 | #440 | 717 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | #486 | 637 |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 | #464 | 662 |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | #487 | 627 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | #534 | 551 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #585 | 472 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #619 | 442 |
| 2018 | — | #631 | 421 | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #657 | 390 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #638 | 416 |
| 2015 | — | #611 | 439 | |
| 2014 | — | #670 | 382 | |
| 2013 | — | #524 | 508 | |
| 2012 | — | #624 | 389 | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #624 | 377 |
| 2010 | — | #834 | 256 | |
| 2009 | — | #843 | 254 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,086 | 172 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,144 | 156 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,713 | 82 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,619 | 84 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,834 | 67 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,646 | 76 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,792 | 64 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,988 | 30 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,864 | 31 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,939 | 28 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,390 | 22 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,455 | 20 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,107 | 23 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,052 | 15 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,109 | 11 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,228 | 8 | |
| 1992 | — | #8,435 | 5 | |
| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,165 | 9 | |
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| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
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| 1984 | — | #4,215 | 9 | |
| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
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| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
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| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1975
The first year at least five boys were named Sylas! It came in at #5,464, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1975–1978, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Sylas is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- South Dakota#145 · 1 in 427
- Idaho#188 · 1 in 616
- Montana#227 · 1 in 753
- Maine#234 · 1 in 769
- New Mexico#236 · 1 in 813
Best ever in a state: #145 in South Dakota, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #145 | 9 | 1 in 427 |
| Idaho | #188 | 14 | 1 in 616 |
| Montana | #227 | 5 | 1 in 753 |
| Maine | #234 | 5 | 1 in 769 |
| New Mexico | #236 | 8 | 1 in 813 |
| Kansas | #246 | 15 | 1 in 936 |
| Mississippi | #281 | 11 | 1 in 985 |
| Indiana | #308 | 25 | 1 in 1,267 |
| Minnesota | #314 | 19 | 1 in 1,289 |
| West Virginia | #330 | 5 | 1 in 1,232 |
| Pennsylvania | #332 | 33 | 1 in 1,584 |
| Tennessee | #335 | 26 | 1 in 1,414 |
| Colorado | #346 | 18 | 1 in 1,492 |
| Missouri | #346 | 18 | 1 in 1,545 |
| Connecticut | #382 | 7 | 1 in 1,887 |
| Virginia | #388 | 20 | 1 in 1,863 |
| Nevada | #389 | 7 | 1 in 1,613 |
| Ohio | #395 | 27 | 1 in 1,946 |
| Oklahoma | #395 | 11 | 1 in 1,607 |
| Arkansas | #398 | 8 | 1 in 1,573 |
| Oregon | #398 | 9 | 1 in 1,673 |
| Iowa | #399 | 8 | 1 in 1,729 |
| Alabama | #400 | 13 | 1 in 1,655 |
| Arizona | #412 | 18 | 1 in 1,818 |
| Illinois | #416 | 26 | 1 in 1,906 |
| Michigan | #420 | 20 | 1 in 2,010 |
| Washington | #425 | 17 | 1 in 1,929 |
| Wisconsin | #437 | 11 | 1 in 2,130 |
| California | #439 | 73 | 1 in 2,404 |
| Utah | #441 | 10 | 1 in 1,966 |
| Kentucky | #450 | 10 | 1 in 2,054 |
| New York | #463 | 36 | 1 in 2,345 |
| Florida | #499 | 36 | 1 in 2,654 |
| South Carolina | #501 | 9 | 1 in 2,355 |
| Maryland | #516 | 9 | 1 in 2,544 |
| North Carolina | #539 | 18 | 1 in 2,859 |
| New Jersey | #543 | 13 | 1 in 3,059 |
| Georgia | #566 | 18 | 1 in 2,790 |
| Texas | #670 | 44 | 1 in 3,978 |
| Louisiana | #672 | 6 | 1 in 3,188 |
| Massachusetts | #690 | 6 | 1 in 4,504 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Sylas
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 145 spots since 2020 (#585 → #440)
- Biggest jump: 243 spots in 2009
- Biggest drop: 146 spots in 2014
Rise & fade · boys
50 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1975
- Peaked 2025 at #440 (717 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 2009–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,382
- Highest: 1 in 2,382 boys born in 2025 were named Sylas (0.04%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 45.2% of all boys named Sylas (4,020) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11 | #5,355 (1979) | #5,410 |
| 1980s | 33 | #4,215 (1984) | #5,718 |
| 1990s | 143 | #2,939 (1999) | #5,213 |
| 2000s | 1,016 | #843 (2009) | #1,753 |
| 2010s | 4,020 | #524 (2013) | #643 |
| 2020s | 3,666 | #440 (2025) | #499 |
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.
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