Sylva
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · Last seen for boys in 1934 at #2,973
Given to girls 98.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1891 · 10 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 890since 1886
Sylva over time
Rank among girls' names. Sylva has never cracked the top 800 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 | #11,932 | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
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| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | — | |
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| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | — | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
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| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | — | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | — | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | — | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | — | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | — | |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | — | |
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | — | |
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | — | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | — | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | — | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | — | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | — | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | — | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | — | |
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,300 | 13 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,752 | 20 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,779 | 19 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,205 | 14 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,194 | 16 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,885 | 21 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,076 | 18 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,609 | 27 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,723 | 25 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,944 | 20 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,785 | 23 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,867 | 22 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,439 | 31 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #1,393 | 31 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,600 | 25 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #1,847 | 19 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,408 | 27 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,738 | 19 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,385 | 21 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,120 | 24 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,352 | 16 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,171 | 15 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,267 | 13 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,152 | 13 | — | |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,037 | 14 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,229 | 10 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,093 | 12 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,170 | 10 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,318 | 8 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,133 | 10 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 | — | |
| 1899 | #983 | 11 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | — | |
| 1891 | #893 | 10 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | — | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | #959 | 8 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | #993 | 6 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Sylva! It came in at #993, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Sylva is popular in 1920
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Idaho#186 · 1 in 871
Best ever in a state: #186 in Idaho, 1920.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #186 | 5 | 1 in 871 |
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| West Virginia | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Sylva
- Biggest jump: 445 spots in 1891 (#1,338 → #893)
- Biggest drop: 578 spots in 1900 (#983 → #1,561)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1891 at #893 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1892, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1886–1899
- Highest: 1 in 18,548 girls born in 1891 were named Sylva (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 24.3% of all girls named Sylva (216) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 14 | #959 (1888) | #976 |
| 1890s | 73 | #893 (1891) | #1,242 |
| 1900s | 95 | #1,037 (1907) | #1,326 |
| 1910s | 210 | #1,120 (1913) | #1,428 |
| 1920s | 216 | #1,439 (1920) | #1,896 |
| 1930s | 136 | #1,752 (1938) | #2,373 |
| 1940s | 60 | #3,030 (1941) | #3,889 |
| 1950s | 31 | #3,967 (1954) | #5,107 |
| 1960s | 26 | #5,168 (1960) | #5,592 |
| 1970s | 10 | #7,995 (1970) | #8,209 |
| 1980s | 7 | #8,128 (1981) | #8,128 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,513 (2014) | #16,513 |
| 2020s | 7 | #11,932 (2025) | #11,932 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Sylva in 1920
Top girls' names in 1920
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
girls
1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 38,654 of them was named Sylva, which outranked 75.0% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,407Verle32
- #1,407Vernia32
- #1,407Wilhelmenia32
- #1,439Sylva31
- #1,439Adelene31
- #1,439Alean31
- #1,439Alleen31
- #1,470Anice30
- #1,470Annamarie30
- #1,470Arizona30
Tied with 30 names at #1,439; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 177,393 of them was named Sylva, which outranked 23.5% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).