How Many People Are Named Sylva?
people named Sylva are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,248,584 people in the US has this name
Based on 908 babies named Sylva in Social Security records from 1886 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
37 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Sylva, 99.5% were girls and 0.6% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1910s: 97.7% of the babies were girls then and 95.1% in the 1930s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sylva alive today is about 69 years old, and 77% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 62 and 86 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sylva first appears in the records in 1886 and was given most often in 1920, to 37 babies. In 2025, 7 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1886 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sylva has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #938, in 1891. In 2025 it ranked #13,038.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #13,038 |
| Best rank | #938 (1891) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,859 in the 1920s |
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