Skip to content
Little Names.

US name popularity

Sylvia name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Sylvia ranks #300 in female records (1,017 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#300 · 1,017 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count increased by 149 female records (868 to 1,017); rank moved from #361 to #300.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count increased by 344 female records (673 to 1,017); rank moved from #467 to #300.
2025 male rank and count
No published 2025 observation. A missing observation is not zero.
Peak year in available data
2025: 1,017 female records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Sylvia becoming more popular?

Sylvia's reported female count increased by 149 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #361 to #300. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

The 2025 file has no published male observation for Sylvia. That is not a count of zero.

Sylvia in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for SylviaFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.1,0170201620252016: 622 female records2017: 647 female records2018: 633 female records2019: 616 female records2020: 606 female records2021: 673 female records2022: 720 female records2023: 724 female records2024: 868 female records2025: 1,017 female records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
20251,017300——
2024868361——
2023724427——
2022720439——
2021673467——
2020606502——
2019616511——
2018633492——
2017647483——
2016622502——

Questions about Sylvia’s popularity

How common is Sylvia in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Sylvia ranks #300 in female records (1,017 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Sylvia?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Sylvia only.

Can I compare this name with my partner?

Use Save or Maybe above to start a device shortlist. Create separate accounts and connect them to see each other’s saved names and maybes. Both saving Sylvia creates a match.

Download Sylvia’s annual counts and ranks (CSV) · Sources and calculation details

Names with a similar 2025 female rank

These published profiles are the closest female ranks to Sylvia’s #300 in the 2025 file.

Compare other names starting with S

All S profiles · Search the full name library