Sylvia is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1937 and has since faded.
Sylvia is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #300 for girl births in the United States (and #644 across all names), given to 1,017 babies. Sylvia was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1937 (4,371 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,017 | 1,017 | #300 | — |
| 2024 | 868 | 868 | #361 | — |
| 2023 | 724 | 724 | #427 | — |
| 2022 | 720 | 720 | #439 | — |
| 2021 | 673 | 673 | #467 | — |
| 2020 | 606 | 606 | #502 | — |
| 2019 | 616 | 616 | #511 | — |
| 2018 | 633 | 633 | #492 | — |
| 2017 | 647 | 647 | #483 | — |
| 2016 | 622 | 622 | #502 | — |
| 2015 | 662 | 662 | #484 | — |
| 2014 | 638 | 638 | #490 | — |
| 2013 | 594 | 594 | #507 | — |
| 2012 | 578 | 578 | #526 | — |
| 2011 | 531 | 531 | #551 | — |
| 2010 | 525 | 525 | #557 | — |
| 2009 | 555 | 555 | #550 | — |
| 2008 | 556 | 556 | #554 | — |
| 2007 | 588 | 588 | #533 | — |
| 2006 | 581 | 581 | #520 | — |
| 2005 | 547 | 547 | #529 | — |
| 2004 | 513 | 513 | #557 | — |
| 2003 | 504 | 504 | #550 | — |
| 2002 | 535 | 542 | #513 | — |
| 2001 | 519 | 519 | #517 | — |
| 2000 | 542 | 542 | #497 | — |
| 1999 | 539 | 544 | #482 | — |
| 1998 | 553 | 558 | #468 | — |
| 1997 | 518 | — | #484 | — |
| 1996 | 553 | — | #453 | — |
| 1995 | 589 | — | #436 | — |
| 1994 | 593 | — | #426 | — |
| 1993 | 685 | — | #372 | — |
| 1992 | 716 | — | #361 | #9,641 |
| 1991 | 831 | — | #322 | — |
| 1990 | 823 | — | #334 | #9,336 |
| 1989 | 807 | — | #319 | #6,158 |
| 1988 | 864 | — | #291 | #5,675 |
| 1987 | 871 | — | #285 | #5,398 |
| 1986 | 886 | — | #280 | #5,856 |
| 1985 | 938 | — | #271 | #5,694 |
| 1984 | 1,016 | — | #248 | #3,433 |
| 1983 | 1,044 | — | #238 | #6,128 |
| 1982 | 992 | — | #254 | #4,936 |
| 1981 | 1,014 | — | #247 | #6,159 |
| 1980 | 969 | — | #264 | #5,449 |
| 1979 | 1,021 | — | #247 | #6,960 |
| 1978 | 953 | — | #252 | #5,679 |
| 1977 | 990 | — | #255 | #4,536 |
| 1976 | 1,062 | — | #228 | #6,392 |
| 1975 | 1,152 | — | #215 | #3,912 |
| 1974 | 1,362 | — | #189 | #3,804 |
| 1973 | 1,347 | — | #193 | — |
| 1972 | 1,470 | — | #194 | #5,655 |
| 1971 | 1,588 | — | #194 | #3,123 |
| 1970 | 1,737 | — | #189 | #3,255 |
| 1969 | 1,827 | — | #178 | #2,533 |
| 1968 | 1,974 | — | #164 | #2,714 |
| 1967 | 2,226 | — | #156 | #2,458 |
| 1966 | 2,417 | — | #146 | #3,904 |
| 1965 | 2,973 | — | #131 | #2,358 |
| 1964 | 2,956 | — | #137 | #2,647 |
| 1963 | 3,292 | — | #128 | #2,522 |
| 1962 | 3,478 | — | #131 | #1,847 |
| 1961 | 3,773 | — | #124 | #1,815 |
| 1960 | 3,834 | — | #121 | #2,851 |
| 1959 | 3,871 | — | #120 | #1,967 |
| 1958 | 4,168 | — | #114 | #2,491 |
| 1957 | 4,332 | — | #109 | #1,748 |
| 1956 | 4,153 | — | #108 | #3,188 |
| 1955 | 4,015 | — | #107 | #2,421 |
| 1954 | 4,092 | — | #101 | #2,925 |
| 1953 | 3,819 | — | #101 | #3,399 |
| 1952 | 3,797 | — | #99 | #3,078 |
| 1951 | 3,787 | — | #97 | #2,642 |
| 1950 | 3,622 | — | #97 | #2,561 |
| 1949 | 3,825 | — | #94 | #2,781 |
| 1948 | 3,680 | — | #100 | #2,764 |
| 1947 | 4,116 | — | #97 | #1,981 |
| 1946 | 4,106 | — | #82 | #2,134 |
| 1945 | 3,386 | — | #83 | #2,233 |
| 1944 | 3,307 | — | #83 | #1,880 |
| 1943 | 3,641 | — | #77 | #1,760 |
| 1942 | 3,735 | — | #72 | #3,187 |
| 1941 | 3,804 | — | #65 | #1,814 |
| 1940 | 3,822 | — | #62 | #1,566 |
| 1939 | 3,892 | — | #62 | #1,454 |
| 1938 | 4,272 | — | #56 | #2,079 |
| 1937 | 4,389 | — | #50 | #1,682 |
| 1936 | 4,180 | — | #53 | #1,381 |
| 1935 | 3,639 | — | #60 | #1,650 |
| 1934 | 3,491 | — | #70 | #1,849 |
| 1933 | 2,948 | — | #84 | #2,086 |
| 1932 | 2,584 | — | #96 | #1,917 |
| 1931 | 1,939 | — | #123 | #2,315 |
| 1930 | 1,841 | — | #132 | #2,590 |
| 1929 | 2,053 | — | #119 | #1,995 |
| 1928 | 2,237 | — | #119 | #2,147 |
| 1927 | 2,356 | — | #116 | #3,121 |
| 1926 | 2,544 | — | #107 | #2,064 |
| 1925 | 2,554 | — | #106 | #2,000 |
| 1924 | 2,764 | — | #104 | #3,825 |
| 1923 | 2,852 | — | #98 | #2,320 |
| 1922 | 2,968 | — | #94 | #3,829 |
| 1921 | 3,315 | — | #88 | #1,974 |
| 1920 | 3,322 | — | #85 | #4,903 |
| 1919 | 3,419 | — | #77 | #3,700 |
| 1918 | 3,683 | — | #71 | #3,338 |
| 1917 | 3,481 | — | #69 | #2,403 |
| 1916 | 3,422 | — | #69 | #3,151 |
| 1915 | 3,292 | — | #67 | #3,042 |
| 1914 | 2,578 | — | #70 | #1,856 |
| 1913 | 2,022 | — | #72 | #2,074 |
| 1912 | 1,648 | — | #77 | #1,871 |
| 1911 | 1,184 | — | #82 | — |
| 1910 | 1,000 | — | #92 | — |
| 1909 | 847 | — | #93 | — |
| 1908 | 748 | — | #101 | — |
| 1907 | 617 | — | #109 | #1,329 |
| 1906 | 622 | — | #107 | #1,398 |
| 1905 | 528 | — | #120 | — |
| 1904 | 497 | — | #119 | — |
| 1903 | 464 | — | #120 | — |
| 1902 | 411 | — | #136 | — |
| 1901 | 390 | — | #129 | — |
| 1900 | 446 | — | #137 | — |
| 1899 | 371 | — | #130 | — |
| 1898 | 391 | — | #133 | — |
| 1897 | 357 | — | #135 | — |
| 1896 | 340 | — | #140 | — |
| 1895 | 276 | — | #157 | — |
| 1894 | 288 | — | #153 | — |
| 1893 | 286 | — | #144 | — |
| 1892 | 275 | — | #149 | — |
| 1891 | 218 | — | #156 | — |
| 1890 | 223 | — | #158 | — |
| 1889 | 166 | — | #178 | — |
| 1888 | 166 | — | #174 | — |
| 1887 | 135 | — | #173 | — |
| 1886 | 137 | — | #167 | — |
| 1885 | 112 | — | #173 | — |
| 1884 | 87 | — | #199 | — |
| 1883 | 79 | — | #192 | — |
| 1882 | 79 | — | #179 | — |
| 1881 | 67 | — | #187 | — |
| 1880 | 81 | — | #162 | — |