Sylvesta is a very rare name used for both girls and boys that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Sylvesta is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1936. Sylvesta was first reported in SSA data in 1903 and peaked in 1903 (7 births).
Girls named Sylvesta per year · hover for count and girls rank · Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1903–1936 · U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–1936) · SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here
Boys named Sylvesta
Boys named Sylvesta per year · hover for count and boys rank · Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1903–1936 · U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–1936) · SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here