Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Silvester

#4,080 most common boys' name of all time · #9,986 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1884–2023

Rank among boys
#4,080
Rank overall
#9,986 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
106 of 146
All-time
1,306
Since 2016
6
Peak year
1960 #1,415
Best rank
#844 1884
Girls Boys peak 32/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Silvester first appears in 1884. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2023 — 6 6 #10,858
2015 — 6 6 #10,683
2010 — 5 5 #12,280
2007 — 9 9 #8,203
2006 — 9 9 #8,015
2005 — 6 6 #10,191
2004 — 5 5 #11,399
2003 — 8 8 #7,863
2002 — 5 5 #10,717
2001 — 6 6 #9,290
2000 — 5 5 #10,397
1999 — 9 9 #6,557
1998 — 6 6 #8,517
1997 — 12 12 #4,984
1996 — 8 8 #6,524
1994 — 10 10 #5,482
1993 — 12 12 #4,719
1992 — 9 9 #5,686
1991 — 12 12 #4,497
1990 — 10 10 #5,020
1989 — 8 8 #5,660
1988 — 15 15 #3,381
1987 — 10 10 #4,265
1986 — 11 11 #3,915
1985 — 14 14 #3,231
1984 — 13 13 #3,289
1983 — 7 7 #4,946
1981 — 14 14 #3,056
1980 — 7 7 #4,975
1979 — 8 8 #4,443
1978 — 8 8 #4,196
1977 — 13 13 #3,062
1976 — 7 7 #4,466
1975 — 9 9 #3,692
1974 — 8 8 #3,881
1973 — 6 6 #4,565
1972 — 6 6 #4,493
1971 — 7 7 #4,024
1970 — 11 11 #2,926
1969 — 10 10 #2,899
1968 — 11 11 #2,611
1967 — 9 9 #2,798
1966 — 11 11 #2,501
1965 — 14 14 #2,201
1964 — 15 15 #2,144
1963 — 29 29 #1,465
1962 — 20 20 #1,820
1961 — 26 26 #1,581
1960 — 32 32 #1,415
1959 — 17 17 #1,993
1958 — 16 16 #2,047
1957 — 14 14 #2,210
1956 — 20 20 #1,779
1955 — 22 22 #1,658
1954 — 21 21 #1,678
1953 — 16 16 #1,981
1952 — 19 19 #1,762
1951 — 15 15 #1,996
1950 — 10 10 #2,474
1948 — 14 14 #2,059
1947 — 13 13 #2,193
1946 — 11 11 #2,300
1945 — 17 17 #1,648
1944 — 12 12 #2,105
1943 — 12 12 #2,213
1942 — 5 5 #3,616
1941 — 10 10 #2,375
1940 — 9 9 #2,518
1939 — 10 10 #2,340
1938 — 12 12 #2,113
1937 — 6 6 #3,234
1936 — 7 7 #2,901
1935 — 11 11 #2,283
1934 — 13 13 #2,041
1933 — 13 13 #2,026
1932 — 16 16 #1,874
1931 — 14 14 #2,029
1930 — 19 19 #1,715
1929 — 27 27 #1,393
1928 — 18 18 #1,851
1927 — 20 20 #1,764
1926 — 14 14 #2,218
1925 — 24 24 #1,550
1924 — 20 20 #1,796
1923 — 31 31 #1,311
1922 — 19 19 #1,842
1921 — 19 19 #1,853
1920 — 26 26 #1,475
1919 — 21 21 #1,644
1918 — 14 14 #2,187
1917 — 15 15 #2,018
1916 — 17 17 #1,796
1915 — 14 14 #1,998
1914 — 15 15 #1,635
1913 — 9 9 #1,987
1912 — 9 9 #1,786
1911 — 7 7 #1,463
1910 — 12 12 #963
1909 — 5 5 #1,542
1906 — 5 5 #1,337
1904 — 5 5 #1,306
1903 — 5 5 #1,232
1901 — 5 5 #1,155
1900 — 6 6 #1,249
1887 — 6 6 #910
1884 — 7 7 #844