Sylvie
- #282 for girls in 2025, 1,096 births
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 1,096 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,444since 1909
Sylvie over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Sylvie has never cracked the top 200 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 | #282 | 1,096 |
| 2024 | #356 | 873 |
| 2023 | #425 | 728 |
| 2022 | #433 | 724 |
| 2021 | #585 | 517 |
| 2020 | #772 | 352 |
| 2019 | #869 | 308 |
| 2018 | #899 | 299 |
| 2017 | #988 | 263 |
| 2016 | #958 | 283 |
| 2015 | #1,175 | 214 |
| 2014 | #1,112 | 228 |
| 2013 | #1,198 | 200 |
| 2012 | #1,374 | 170 |
| 2011 | #1,427 | 159 |
| 2010 | #1,521 | 147 |
| 2009 | #1,660 | 134 |
| 2008 | #1,740 | 127 |
| 2007 | #1,704 | 128 |
| 2006 | #2,287 | 83 |
| 2005 | #2,140 | 86 |
| 2004 | #2,326 | 74 |
| 2003 | #2,346 | 71 |
| 2002 | #2,745 | 55 |
| 2001 | #2,438 | 64 |
| 2000 | #2,480 | 61 |
| 1999 | #2,935 | 45 |
| 1998 | #3,426 | 35 |
| 1997 | #2,874 | 42 |
| 1996 | #3,569 | 31 |
| 1995 | #4,348 | 23 |
| 1994 | #3,448 | 32 |
| 1993 | #4,524 | 22 |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 |
| 1991 | #4,808 | 20 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 |
| 1989 | #4,248 | 22 |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 |
| 1985 | #4,860 | 15 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 |
| 1982 | #4,527 | 16 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 |
| 1976 | #3,188 | 22 |
| 1975 | #4,370 | 14 |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 |
| 1973 | #3,015 | 22 |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 |
| 1970 | #3,577 | 17 |
| 1969 | #2,515 | 27 |
| 1968 | #2,708 | 22 |
| 1967 | #2,079 | 32 |
| 1966 | #3,148 | 16 |
| 1965 | #1,768 | 41 |
| 1964 | #2,151 | 31 |
| 1963 | #2,864 | 19 |
| 1962 | #2,605 | 22 |
| 1961 | #3,460 | 14 |
| 1960 | #2,904 | 18 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 21 |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 |
| 1951 | — | |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 |
| 1946 | — | |
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| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 |
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| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 |
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| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 |
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| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 |
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| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 |
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First appearance
1909
The first year at least five girls were named Sylvie! It came in at #2,208, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1909–1914, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Sylvie 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 · girls
- South Dakota#46 · 1 in 191
- Montana#79 · 1 in 257
- Maine#96 · 1 in 312
- Minnesota#97 · 1 in 413
- North Dakota#117 · 1 in 338
Best ever in a state: #46 in South Dakota, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #46 | 16 | 1 in 191 |
| Montana | #79 | 11 | 1 in 257 |
| Maine | #96 | 10 | 1 in 312 |
| Minnesota | #97 | 52 | 1 in 413 |
| North Dakota | #117 | 8 | 1 in 338 |
| Wisconsin | #122 | 42 | 1 in 482 |
| District of Columbia | #150 | 5 | 1 in 404 |
| Iowa | #154 | 21 | 1 in 561 |
| Oregon | #158 | 22 | 1 in 593 |
| Utah | #172 | 26 | 1 in 657 |
| New Hampshire | #174 | 7 | 1 in 542 |
| Michigan | #177 | 49 | 1 in 729 |
| Massachusetts | #179 | 31 | 1 in 775 |
| Washington | #184 | 40 | 1 in 722 |
| Colorado | #185 | 32 | 1 in 729 |
| Ohio | #187 | 59 | 1 in 801 |
| Oklahoma | #216 | 18 | 1 in 821 |
| Virginia | #216 | 38 | 1 in 888 |
| Pennsylvania | #220 | 51 | 1 in 915 |
| Idaho | #221 | 10 | 1 in 716 |
| Illinois | #231 | 44 | 1 in 1,007 |
| Indiana | #234 | 30 | 1 in 930 |
| Nebraska | #267 | 8 | 1 in 887 |
| Arkansas | #270 | 11 | 1 in 963 |
| Kentucky | #275 | 16 | 1 in 1,078 |
| Missouri | #277 | 22 | 1 in 1,105 |
| New York | #282 | 59 | 1 in 1,328 |
| Tennessee | #296 | 26 | 1 in 1,234 |
| West Virginia | #308 | 5 | 1 in 1,015 |
| North Carolina | #319 | 34 | 1 in 1,367 |
| Alabama | #348 | 14 | 1 in 1,309 |
| Arizona | #357 | 19 | 1 in 1,485 |
| Nevada | #374 | 7 | 1 in 1,314 |
| Connecticut | #393 | 7 | 1 in 1,643 |
| Maryland | #400 | 13 | 1 in 1,537 |
| Georgia | #418 | 27 | 1 in 1,674 |
| Mississippi | #441 | 6 | 1 in 1,483 |
| California | #458 | 73 | 1 in 2,215 |
| New Jersey | #499 | 15 | 1 in 2,367 |
| Florida | #555 | 32 | 1 in 2,711 |
| Kansas | #578 | 5 | 1 in 2,362 |
| Louisiana | #597 | 7 | 1 in 2,339 |
| South Carolina | #614 | 7 | 1 in 2,613 |
| Texas | #762 | 39 | 1 in 4,116 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| 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 Sylvie
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 490 spots since 2020 (#772 → #282)
- Biggest jump: 217 spots in 2016
- Biggest drop: 30 spots in 2017
Rise & fade · girls
116 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 2025 at #282 (1,096 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 2016–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,466
- Highest: 1 in 1,466 girls born in 2025 were named Sylvie (0.07%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 50.8% of all girls named Sylvie (4,290) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #2,208 (1909) | #2,208 |
| 1910s | 22 | #3,795 (1915) | #4,276 |
| 1920s | 11 | #4,286 (1927) | #4,569 |
| 1930s | 17 | #3,449 (1934) | #4,026 |
| 1940s | 17 | #4,345 (1947) | #4,737 |
| 1950s | 97 | #2,506 (1958) | #3,824 |
| 1960s | 242 | #1,768 (1965) | #2,620 |
| 1970s | 145 | #3,015 (1973) | #4,583 |
| 1980s | 159 | #4,148 (1980) | #4,916 |
| 1990s | 285 | #2,874 (1997) | #4,053 |
| 2000s | 883 | #1,660 (2009) | #2,187 |
| 2010s | 2,271 | #869 (2019) | #1,152 |
| 2020s | 4,290 | #282 (2025) | #476 |
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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