Sylvania
- Last seen for girls in 1989 at #10,847
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 6 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 546since 1881
Sylvania over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Sylvania has never cracked the top 700 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
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| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 |
| 1922 | #2,291 | 16 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 |
| 1920 | #2,590 | 13 |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 |
| 1916 | #2,368 | 13 |
| 1915 | #1,800 | 18 |
| 1914 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 |
| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 |
| 1894 | #1,353 | 6 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #993 | 6 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #740 | 6 |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1881
The first year at least five girls were named Sylvania! It came in at #740, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Sylvania is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Sylvania in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1989
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1881 at #740 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1881–1886
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,325
- Highest: 1 in 15,325 girls born in 1881 were named Sylvania (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 307,259 girls born in 1989 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 17.6% of all girls named Sylvania (96) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 23 | #740 (1881) | #985 |
| 1890s | 36 | #1,213 (1896) | #1,368 |
| 1900s | 46 | #1,384 (1907) | #1,585 |
| 1910s | 87 | #1,800 (1915) | #2,725 |
| 1920s | 96 | #2,291 (1922) | #3,312 |
| 1930s | 55 | #2,735 (1937) | #3,257 |
| 1940s | 31 | #3,378 (1944) | #4,147 |
| 1950s | 75 | #3,423 (1950) | #4,242 |
| 1960s | 50 | #5,296 (1963) | #5,894 |
| 1970s | 17 | #7,173 (1975) | #7,963 |
| 1980s | 30 | #6,788 (1987) | #8,816 |
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.
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