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.

Sylvan

#2,108 most common boys' name of all time · #5,047 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1886–2025

Rank among boys
#2,108
Rank overall
#5,047 of 105,966
First appeared
1886
Years on the list
130 of 146
All-time
3,813
Since 2016
678
Peak year
2025 #1,669
Best rank
#555 1912
Girls Boys peak 111/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Sylvan 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 12 99 111 #1,669
2024 15 84 99 #1,892
2023 11 75 86 #2,014
2022 8 80 88 #1,939
2021 9 64 73 #2,198
2020 7 45 52 #2,730
2019 — 48 48 #2,660
2018 11 32 43 #3,453
2017 — 35 35 #3,250
2016 — 43 43 #2,789
2015 8 25 33 #4,088
2014 — 35 35 #3,163
2013 5 29 34 #3,591
2012 — 31 31 #3,457
2011 — 25 25 #3,998
2010 — 27 27 #3,814
2009 8 20 28 #4,760
2008 — 20 20 #4,729
2007 — 18 18 #5,008
2006 7 25 32 #3,897
2005 — 18 18 #4,639
2004 5 21 26 #4,141
2003 6 20 26 #4,129
2002 5 29 34 #3,104
2001 — 22 22 #3,733
2000 6 22 28 #3,651
1999 — 11 11 #5,680
1998 — 19 19 #3,718
1997 — 11 11 #5,308
1996 — 9 9 #6,010
1995 — 12 12 #4,817
1994 — 16 16 #3,923
1993 6 20 26 #3,257
1992 — 12 12 #4,587
1991 — 7 7 #6,553
1990 — 15 15 #3,806
1989 — 11 11 #4,553
1988 — 13 13 #3,728
1987 — 15 15 #3,218
1986 — 8 8 #4,902
1985 — 14 14 #3,236
1984 — 17 17 #2,721
1983 — 13 13 #3,255
1982 — 9 9 #4,273
1981 — 13 13 #3,242
1980 — 14 14 #3,121
1979 — 9 9 #4,109
1978 — 6 6 #5,116
1977 — 9 9 #3,874
1976 — 9 9 #3,769
1975 — 18 18 #2,381
1974 — 8 8 #3,888
1973 — 11 11 #3,044
1972 — 14 14 #2,558
1971 — 16 16 #2,391
1970 — 5 5 #4,796
1969 — 6 6 #3,997
1968 — 7 7 #3,406
1966 — 17 17 #1,912
1965 — 5 5 #3,989
1964 — 18 18 #1,925
1963 — 12 12 #2,451
1962 — 10 10 #2,721
1961 — 15 15 #2,175
1960 — 18 18 #1,930
1959 — 15 15 #2,140
1958 — 14 14 #2,195
1957 — 16 16 #2,046
1956 — 16 16 #2,040
1955 — 11 11 #2,459
1954 — 15 15 #2,063
1953 — 18 18 #1,857
1952 — 29 29 #1,416
1951 — 19 19 #1,740
1950 — 25 25 #1,474
1949 — 30 30 #1,335
1948 — 25 25 #1,468
1947 — 29 29 #1,376
1946 — 21 21 #1,572
1945 — 19 19 #1,555
1944 — 31 31 #1,202
1943 — 34 34 #1,180
1942 — 29 29 #1,308
1941 — 28 28 #1,268
1940 — 32 32 #1,197
1939 — 32 32 #1,151
1938 — 33 33 #1,139
1937 — 33 33 #1,161
1936 — 36 36 #1,083
1935 — 44 44 #963
1934 — 39 39 #1,048
1933 — 37 37 #1,090
1932 — 50 50 #921
1931 — 40 40 #1,075
1930 — 47 47 #1,001
1929 — 54 54 #920
1928 — 51 51 #957
1927 — 52 52 #974
1926 — 71 71 #772
1925 — 80 80 #729
1924 — 73 73 #791
1923 — 69 69 #810
1922 — 66 66 #846
1921 — 76 76 #771
1920 — 68 68 #815
1919 — 71 71 #771
1918 — 103 103 #606
1917 — 73 73 #722
1916 — 84 84 #639
1915 — 66 66 #740
1914 — 52 52 #732
1913 — 48 48 #644
1912 — 53 53 #555
1911 — 24 24 #642
1910 — 11 11 #1,028
1909 — 10 10 #998
1908 — 13 13 #774
1907 — 13 13 #769
1906 — 13 13 #705
1904 — 8 8 #943
1903 — 8 8 #894
1900 — 12 12 #782
1899 — 11 11 #659
1897 — 7 7 #928
1896 — 6 6 #1,069
1894 — 5 5 #1,193
1892 — 5 5 #1,204
1891 — 5 5 #1,093
1888 — 5 5 #1,137
1886 — 7 7 #843