Sylvester
#542 most common boys' name of all time · #1,196 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#542
Rank overall
#1,196 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
43,857
Since 2016
667
Peak year
1920 #174
Best rank
#126 1889
Girls
Boys
peak 819/yr
Sylvester is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 64 | 64 | #2,207 |
| 2024 | — | 71 | 71 | #2,098 |
| 2023 | — | 67 | 67 | #2,147 |
| 2022 | — | 71 | 71 | #2,095 |
| 2021 | — | 68 | 68 | #2,110 |
| 2020 | — | 52 | 52 | #2,467 |
| 2019 | — | 74 | 74 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | — | 66 | 66 | #2,123 |
| 2017 | — | 67 | 67 | #2,065 |
| 2016 | — | 67 | 67 | #2,086 |
| 2015 | — | 73 | 73 | #1,983 |
| 2014 | — | 75 | 75 | #1,921 |
| 2013 | — | 76 | 76 | #1,866 |
| 2012 | — | 57 | 57 | #2,270 |
| 2011 | — | 60 | 60 | #2,173 |
| 2010 | — | 62 | 62 | #2,144 |
| 2009 | — | 67 | 67 | #2,050 |
| 2008 | — | 67 | 67 | #2,062 |
| 2007 | — | 62 | 62 | #2,164 |
| 2006 | — | 77 | 77 | #1,790 |
| 2005 | — | 67 | 67 | #1,890 |
| 2004 | — | 64 | 64 | #1,912 |
| 2003 | — | 83 | 83 | #1,538 |
| 2002 | — | 78 | 78 | #1,571 |
| 2001 | — | 80 | 80 | #1,515 |
| 2000 | — | 90 | 90 | #1,391 |
| 1999 | — | 91 | 91 | #1,321 |
| 1998 | — | 80 | 80 | #1,418 |
| 1997 | — | 103 | 103 | #1,169 |
| 1996 | — | 90 | 90 | #1,237 |
| 1995 | — | 121 | 121 | #1,010 |
| 1994 | — | 131 | 131 | #963 |
| 1993 | — | 143 | 143 | #894 |
| 1992 | — | 115 | 115 | #1,017 |
| 1991 | — | 135 | 135 | #904 |
| 1990 | — | 203 | 203 | #713 |
| 1989 | — | 193 | 193 | #709 |
| 1988 | — | 203 | 203 | #662 |
| 1987 | — | 199 | 199 | #647 |
| 1986 | — | 199 | 199 | #634 |
| 1985 | — | 194 | 194 | #632 |
| 1984 | — | 209 | 209 | #584 |
| 1983 | — | 184 | 184 | #629 |
| 1982 | — | 218 | 218 | #584 |
| 1981 | 6 | 215 | 221 | #584 |
| 1980 | — | 204 | 204 | #614 |
| 1979 | — | 249 | 249 | #538 |
| 1978 | — | 223 | 223 | #561 |
| 1977 | — | 217 | 217 | #570 |
| 1976 | — | 190 | 190 | #590 |
| 1975 | — | 218 | 218 | #544 |
| 1974 | — | 195 | 195 | #575 |
| 1973 | — | 241 | 241 | #502 |
| 1972 | 5 | 224 | 229 | #529 |
| 1971 | 7 | 291 | 298 | #473 |
| 1970 | 7 | 245 | 252 | #515 |
| 1969 | — | 241 | 241 | #499 |
| 1968 | 5 | 259 | 264 | #470 |
| 1967 | 7 | 293 | 300 | #439 |
| 1966 | — | 326 | 326 | #423 |
| 1965 | — | 388 | 388 | #397 |
| 1964 | — | 390 | 390 | #405 |
| 1963 | 7 | 454 | 461 | #374 |
| 1962 | 5 | 467 | 472 | #373 |
| 1961 | — | 518 | 518 | #349 |
| 1960 | 5 | 504 | 509 | #347 |
| 1959 | 8 | 559 | 567 | #326 |
| 1958 | — | 582 | 582 | #317 |
| 1957 | — | 604 | 604 | #312 |
| 1956 | 6 | 621 | 627 | #297 |
| 1955 | 10 | 644 | 654 | #283 |
| 1954 | 7 | 640 | 647 | #278 |
| 1953 | 9 | 635 | 644 | #276 |
| 1952 | 7 | 603 | 610 | #280 |
| 1951 | — | 640 | 640 | #266 |
| 1950 | 12 | 643 | 655 | #256 |
| 1949 | — | 588 | 588 | #277 |
| 1948 | 8 | 600 | 608 | #271 |
| 1947 | 5 | 596 | 601 | #281 |
| 1946 | — | 538 | 538 | #278 |
| 1945 | 6 | 508 | 514 | #258 |
| 1944 | — | 534 | 534 | #250 |
| 1943 | 9 | 501 | 510 | #272 |
| 1942 | — | 498 | 498 | #267 |
| 1941 | 9 | 538 | 547 | #237 |
| 1940 | 7 | 460 | 467 | #258 |
| 1939 | 14 | 472 | 486 | #244 |
| 1938 | 7 | 503 | 510 | #237 |
| 1937 | 9 | 476 | 485 | #244 |
| 1936 | — | 482 | 482 | #237 |
| 1935 | 11 | 529 | 540 | #224 |
| 1934 | 11 | 497 | 508 | #232 |
| 1933 | 9 | 495 | 504 | #232 |
| 1932 | 10 | 561 | 571 | #216 |
| 1931 | 9 | 525 | 534 | #226 |
| 1930 | 14 | 599 | 613 | #217 |
| 1929 | 15 | 570 | 585 | #224 |
| 1928 | 15 | 599 | 614 | #219 |
| 1927 | 16 | 611 | 627 | #218 |
| 1926 | 27 | 688 | 715 | #201 |
| 1925 | 13 | 691 | 704 | #203 |
| 1924 | 18 | 708 | 726 | #198 |
| 1923 | 21 | 725 | 746 | #190 |
| 1922 | 13 | 707 | 720 | #194 |
| 1921 | 17 | 755 | 772 | #185 |
| 1920 | 12 | 807 | 819 | #174 |
| 1919 | 22 | 749 | 771 | #173 |
| 1918 | 20 | 766 | 786 | #172 |
| 1917 | 24 | 715 | 739 | #175 |
| 1916 | 9 | 715 | 724 | #172 |
| 1915 | 9 | 706 | 715 | #163 |
| 1914 | 9 | 538 | 547 | #164 |
| 1913 | 8 | 464 | 472 | #157 |
| 1912 | 5 | 348 | 353 | #167 |
| 1911 | 6 | 219 | 225 | #154 |
| 1910 | 10 | 200 | 210 | #155 |
| 1909 | 6 | 151 | 157 | #164 |
| 1908 | 9 | 166 | 175 | #143 |
| 1907 | 8 | 151 | 159 | #149 |
| 1906 | 8 | 125 | 133 | #157 |
| 1905 | — | 126 | 126 | #161 |
| 1904 | 11 | 124 | 135 | #155 |
| 1903 | 5 | 114 | 119 | #156 |
| 1902 | 6 | 135 | 141 | #141 |
| 1901 | 8 | 120 | 128 | #139 |
| 1900 | 7 | 131 | 138 | #160 |
| 1899 | — | 94 | 94 | #161 |
| 1898 | — | 115 | 115 | #147 |
| 1897 | — | 111 | 111 | #144 |
| 1896 | — | 111 | 111 | #149 |
| 1895 | — | 99 | 99 | #158 |
| 1894 | 7 | 101 | 108 | #152 |
| 1893 | — | 85 | 85 | #170 |
| 1892 | 6 | 98 | 104 | #162 |
| 1891 | — | 64 | 64 | #195 |
| 1890 | 6 | 93 | 99 | #151 |
| 1889 | — | 112 | 112 | #126 |
| 1888 | — | 83 | 83 | #178 |
| 1887 | — | 71 | 71 | #177 |
| 1886 | — | 73 | 73 | #183 |
| 1885 | — | 82 | 82 | #163 |
| 1884 | — | 67 | 67 | #199 |
| 1883 | — | 69 | 69 | #177 |
| 1882 | — | 74 | 74 | #182 |
| 1881 | — | 76 | 76 | #160 |
| 1880 | — | 89 | 89 | #153 |