Sylvania is a rare girls' name that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Sylvania is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1989. Sylvania was first reported in SSA data in 1881 and peaked in 1915 (18 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 6 | — | #12,183 |
| 1988 | 8 | — | #9,147 |
| 1987 | 10 | — | #7,289 |
| 1982 | 6 | — | #10,353 |
| 1975 | 7 | — | #7,857 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | #9,609 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | #9,456 |
| 1969 | 6 | — | #7,357 |
| 1968 | 7 | — | #6,173 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | #7,485 |
| 1964 | 7 | — | #5,938 |
| 1963 | 7 | — | #5,823 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | #6,482 |
| 1961 | 7 | — | #5,773 |
| 1960 | 5 | — | #7,190 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | #5,344 |
| 1957 | 7 | — | #5,310 |
| 1956 | 10 | — | #4,135 |
| 1955 | 10 | — | #4,028 |
| 1954 | 7 | — | #5,093 |
| 1953 | 10 | — | #3,928 |
| 1952 | 6 | — | #5,503 |
| 1951 | 8 | — | #4,342 |
| 1950 | 10 | — | #3,639 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | #5,966 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | #4,498 |
| 1944 | 8 | — | #3,653 |
| 1942 | 7 | — | #4,084 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | #4,962 |
| 1939 | 8 | — | #3,397 |
| 1938 | 6 | — | #4,297 |
| 1937 | 10 | — | #2,918 |
| 1936 | 9 | — | #3,083 |
| 1934 | 7 | — | #3,761 |
| 1933 | 8 | — | #3,376 |
| 1930 | 7 | — | #4,003 |
| 1929 | 9 | — | #3,364 |
| 1928 | 11 | — | #2,938 |
| 1927 | 8 | — | #3,834 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | #4,780 |
| 1925 | 8 | — | #3,991 |
| 1924 | 8 | — | #3,968 |
| 1923 | 7 | — | #4,327 |
| 1922 | 16 | — | #2,370 |
| 1921 | 10 | — | #3,369 |
| 1920 | 13 | — | #2,715 |
| 1919 | 5 | — | #5,470 |
| 1918 | 9 | — | #3,486 |
| 1917 | 10 | — | #3,056 |
| 1916 | 13 | — | #2,478 |
| 1915 | 18 | — | #1,876 |
| 1914 | 12 | — | #2,114 |
| 1913 | 10 | — | #2,144 |
| 1912 | 5 | — | #3,379 |
| 1910 | 5 | — | #2,746 |
| 1908 | 7 | — | #1,836 |
| 1907 | 9 | — | #1,496 |
| 1906 | 6 | — | #1,929 |
| 1904 | 6 | — | #1,844 |
| 1903 | 6 | — | #1,767 |
| 1902 | 6 | — | #1,767 |
| 1901 | 6 | — | #1,649 |
| 1897 | 5 | — | #1,771 |
| 1896 | 8 | — | #1,288 |
| 1895 | 7 | — | #1,413 |
| 1894 | 6 | — | #1,471 |
| 1892 | 5 | — | #1,642 |
| 1890 | 5 | — | #1,510 |
| 1888 | 5 | — | #1,453 |
| 1886 | 6 | — | #1,092 |
| 1884 | 6 | — | #1,013 |
| 1881 | 6 | — | #816 |