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.

Sylvia

#172 most common girls' name of all time · #333 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#172
Rank overall
#333 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
245,978
Since 2016
7,126
Peak year
1937 #50
Best rank
#50 1937
Girls Boys peak 4,389/yr
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Sylvia 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 1,017 — 1,017 #300
2024 868 — 868 #361
2023 724 — 724 #427
2022 720 — 720 #437
2021 673 — 673 #466
2020 606 — 606 #501
2019 616 — 616 #511
2018 633 — 633 #492
2017 647 — 647 #482
2016 622 — 622 #502
2015 662 — 662 #484
2014 638 — 638 #490
2013 594 — 594 #507
2012 578 — 578 #525
2011 531 — 531 #550
2010 525 — 525 #557
2009 555 — 555 #548
2008 556 — 556 #554
2007 588 — 588 #532
2006 581 — 581 #520
2005 547 — 547 #528
2004 513 — 513 #556
2003 504 — 504 #550
2002 535 — 535 #513
2001 519 — 519 #517
2000 542 — 542 #496
1999 539 — 539 #482
1998 553 — 553 #468
1997 518 — 518 #484
1996 553 — 553 #452
1995 589 — 589 #436
1994 593 — 593 #423
1993 685 — 685 #372
1992 711 5 716 #361
1991 831 — 831 #322
1990 818 5 823 #334
1989 799 8 807 #319
1988 856 8 864 #290
1987 863 8 871 #285
1986 879 7 886 #280
1985 931 7 938 #271
1984 1,003 13 1,016 #248
1983 1,038 6 1,044 #238
1982 984 8 992 #254
1981 1,008 6 1,014 #247
1980 962 7 969 #264
1979 1,016 5 1,021 #247
1978 947 6 953 #251
1977 982 8 990 #255
1976 1,057 5 1,062 #228
1975 1,143 9 1,152 #215
1974 1,353 9 1,362 #189
1973 1,347 — 1,347 #192
1972 1,465 5 1,470 #194
1971 1,577 11 1,588 #194
1970 1,727 10 1,737 #189
1969 1,814 13 1,827 #178
1968 1,963 11 1,974 #164
1967 2,214 12 2,226 #156
1966 2,411 6 2,417 #146
1965 2,960 13 2,973 #131
1964 2,945 11 2,956 #136
1963 3,280 12 3,292 #128
1962 3,458 20 3,478 #131
1961 3,752 21 3,773 #124
1960 3,824 10 3,834 #121
1959 3,853 18 3,871 #120
1958 4,156 12 4,168 #114
1957 4,310 22 4,332 #109
1956 4,145 8 4,153 #108
1955 4,003 12 4,015 #107
1954 4,083 9 4,092 #101
1953 3,812 7 3,819 #101
1952 3,789 8 3,797 #99
1951 3,777 10 3,787 #97
1950 3,612 10 3,622 #97
1949 3,816 9 3,825 #94
1948 3,671 9 3,680 #100
1947 4,100 16 4,116 #97
1946 4,093 13 4,106 #82
1945 3,375 11 3,386 #83
1944 3,292 15 3,307 #83
1943 3,623 18 3,641 #77
1942 3,728 7 3,735 #72
1941 3,788 16 3,804 #65
1940 3,802 20 3,822 #62
1939 3,870 22 3,892 #62
1938 4,259 13 4,272 #56
1937 4,371 18 4,389 #50
1936 4,156 24 4,180 #53
1935 3,620 19 3,639 #60
1934 3,475 16 3,491 #70
1933 2,935 13 2,948 #84
1932 2,568 16 2,584 #96
1931 1,927 12 1,939 #123
1930 1,830 11 1,841 #132
1929 2,037 16 2,053 #119
1928 2,222 15 2,237 #119
1927 2,347 9 2,356 #116
1926 2,528 16 2,544 #107
1925 2,537 17 2,554 #106
1924 2,757 7 2,764 #104
1923 2,838 14 2,852 #98
1922 2,961 7 2,968 #94
1921 3,297 18 3,315 #88
1920 3,317 5 3,322 #85
1919 3,412 7 3,419 #77
1918 3,675 8 3,683 #71
1917 3,469 12 3,481 #69
1916 3,414 8 3,422 #69
1915 3,284 8 3,292 #67
1914 2,565 13 2,578 #70
1913 2,013 9 2,022 #72
1912 1,639 9 1,648 #77
1911 1,184 — 1,184 #82
1910 1,000 — 1,000 #92
1909 847 — 847 #93
1908 748 — 748 #101
1907 611 6 617 #109
1906 617 5 622 #107
1905 528 — 528 #120
1904 497 — 497 #119
1903 464 — 464 #120
1902 411 — 411 #136
1901 390 — 390 #129
1900 446 — 446 #137
1899 371 — 371 #130
1898 391 — 391 #132
1897 357 — 357 #135
1896 340 — 340 #140
1895 276 — 276 #157
1894 288 — 288 #153
1893 286 — 286 #144
1892 275 — 275 #149
1891 218 — 218 #156
1890 223 — 223 #159
1889 166 — 166 #178
1888 166 — 166 #174
1887 135 — 135 #173
1886 137 — 137 #167
1885 112 — 112 #173
1884 87 — 87 #199
1883 79 — 79 #190
1882 79 — 79 #178
1881 67 — 67 #186
1880 81 — 81 #162