Sylva
#7,529 most common girls' name of all time · #12,624 across all names · 2% male / 98% female · used 1886–2025
Rank among girls
#7,529
Rank overall
#12,624 of 105,966
First appeared
1886
Years on the list
74 of 146
All-time
908
Since 2016
7
Peak year
1920 #1,450
Best rank
#940 1891
Girls
Boys
peak 37/yr
Sylva first appears in 1886. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,983 |
| 2014 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,600 |
| 1981 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,191 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,503 |
| 1970 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,089 |
| 1967 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,523 |
| 1963 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,966 |
| 1961 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,913 |
| 1960 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,229 |
| 1957 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,968 |
| 1954 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,020 |
| 1953 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,752 |
| 1952 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,636 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,490 |
| 1949 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,280 |
| 1948 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,324 |
| 1947 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,105 |
| 1946 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,722 |
| 1944 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1943 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,775 |
| 1941 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,073 |
| 1940 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,569 |
| 1939 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,325 |
| 1938 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,768 |
| 1937 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,028 |
| 1936 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,066 |
| 1935 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,801 |
| 1934 | 12 | 7 | 19 | #2,459 |
| 1933 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,822 |
| 1932 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,683 |
| 1931 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,232 |
| 1930 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,890 |
| 1929 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,471 |
| 1928 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,222 |
| 1927 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,903 |
| 1926 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,107 |
| 1925 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,626 |
| 1924 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,739 |
| 1923 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,964 |
| 1922 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,799 |
| 1921 | 22 | — | 22 | #1,887 |
| 1920 | 31 | 6 | 37 | #1,450 |
| 1919 | 31 | — | 31 | #1,408 |
| 1918 | 25 | 5 | 30 | #1,615 |
| 1917 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,875 |
| 1916 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,429 |
| 1915 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,761 |
| 1914 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,412 |
| 1913 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,134 |
| 1912 | 16 | — | 16 | #1,387 |
| 1911 | 15 | — | 15 | #1,211 |
| 1910 | 13 | — | 13 | #1,304 |
| 1909 | 13 | — | 13 | #1,185 |
| 1908 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,182 |
| 1907 | 14 | — | 14 | #1,076 |
| 1906 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,274 |
| 1905 | 12 | — | 12 | #1,137 |
| 1904 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,213 |
| 1903 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,379 |
| 1902 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,192 |
| 1901 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,561 |
| 1900 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,633 |
| 1899 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,021 |
| 1898 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,223 |
| 1897 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,228 |
| 1896 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,504 |
| 1895 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,499 |
| 1894 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,205 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,524 |
| 1892 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,547 |
| 1891 | 10 | — | 10 | #940 |
| 1890 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,454 |
| 1888 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,028 |
| 1886 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,102 |