Meaning not yet researched.
Sylvia: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,017 in 2025. Its best rank was #50 in 1937.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #50 in 1937; #300 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Sylvia in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#300 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1937, at #50.
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Sylvia: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,017 girls in 2025. Peak: #50 in 1937 · most girls in one year: 4,371 (1937).
In 2025, 1,017 US girls were named Sylvia, making it the 300th most common girls’ name of the year, up 61 places from #361 in 2024. That is 149 more than the 868 girls named Sylvia in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #50, reached in 1937. That year also had the most girls given the name: 4,371. For comparison, it was #484 in 2015 and #97 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Sylvia in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 81 babies with the name. In all, 245,978 US babies have been given the name, 99.6% of them girls and 0.4% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 39,656 babies named Sylvia.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 7,126 US girls were named Sylvia; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 1,017. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,580 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Sylvia ranked highest in Minnesota in 2025, at #124 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Silvia (21,323 babies since 1880), Sylvie (8,444 babies since 1880) and Silvio (3,000 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Sylvio, Sylvi and Silvie are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Syl and Sylvie.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Sylvio (463), Sylvi (322), Silvie (184), Sylvee (54), Silvi (22), Selvia (16), Selvi (11), Silvya (10), Cylvia (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 11 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 44 | #124 | #132 |
| Pennsylvania | 75 | #142 | #301 |
| Wisconsin | 34 | #158 | #244 |
| Oregon | 22 | #166 | #418 |
| Rhode Island | 6 | #177 | — |
| West Virginia | 10 | #179 | #407 |
| Michigan | 48 | #188 | #381 |
| Indiana | 37 | #191 | #441 |
| Kentucky | 25 | #193 | #311 |
| Missouri | 33 | #193 | #394 |
| Ohio | 57 | #196 | #325 |
| New Hampshire | 7 | #200 | #226 |
| Washington | 36 | #206 | #488 |
| Maryland | 25 | #211 | #489 |
| Idaho | 10 | #239 | #309 |
| Colorado | 27 | #244 | #322 |
| North Dakota | 5 | #250 | — |
| Maine | 5 | #253 | — |
| Kansas | 13 | #254 | #404 |
| Virginia | 33 | #254 | #667 |
| Montana | 5 | #255 | #174 |
| Massachusetts | 23 | #261 | #299 |
| Arkansas | 12 | #267 | #681 |
| Utah | 15 | #307 | — |
| Tennessee | 26 | #310 | #507 |
| Illinois | 35 | #311 | #534 |
| New York | 50 | #341 | #357 |
| Iowa | 10 | #353 | #462 |
| Alabama | 14 | #366 | — |
| North Carolina | 29 | #379 | #676 |
| Arizona | 18 | #386 | #835 |
| New Jersey | 21 | #387 | #1,161 |
| Nebraska | 6 | #392 | — |
| Oklahoma | 11 | #395 | #657 |
| Louisiana | 11 | #423 | #766 |
| South Carolina | 9 | #557 | #747 |
| Georgia | 19 | #579 | #1,162 |
| Florida | 31 | #582 | #644 |
| California | 45 | #697 | #767 |
| Texas | 43 | #711 | #851 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,017 | #300 | — | — |
| 2024 | 868 | #361 | — | — |
| 2023 | 724 | #427 | — | — |
| 2022 | 720 | #439 | — | — |
| 2021 | 673 | #467 | — | — |
| 2020 | 606 | #502 | — | — |
| 2019 | 616 | #511 | — | — |
| 2018 | 633 | #492 | — | — |
| 2017 | 647 | #483 | — | — |
| 2016 | 622 | #502 | — | — |
| 2015 | 662 | #484 | — | — |
| 2014 | 638 | #490 | — | — |
| 2013 | 594 | #507 | — | — |
| 2012 | 578 | #526 | — | — |
| 2011 | 531 | #551 | — | — |
| 2010 | 525 | #557 | — | — |
| 2009 | 555 | #550 | — | — |
| 2008 | 556 | #554 | — | — |
| 2007 | 588 | #533 | — | — |
| 2006 | 581 | #520 | — | — |
| 2005 | 547 | #529 | — | — |
| 2004 | 513 | #557 | — | — |
| 2003 | 504 | #550 | — | — |
| 2002 | 535 | #513 | — | — |
| 2001 | 519 | #517 | — | — |
| 2000 | 542 | #497 | — | — |
| 1999 | 539 | #482 | — | — |
| 1998 | 553 | #468 | — | — |
| 1997 | 518 | #484 | — | — |
| 1996 | 553 | #453 | — | — |
| 1995 | 589 | #436 | — | — |
| 1994 | 593 | #426 | — | — |
| 1993 | 685 | #372 | — | — |
| 1992 | 711 | #361 | 5 | #9,641 |
| 1991 | 831 | #322 | — | — |
| 1990 | 818 | #334 | 5 | #9,336 |
| 1989 | 799 | #319 | 8 | #6,158 |
| 1988 | 856 | #291 | 8 | #5,675 |
| 1987 | 863 | #285 | 8 | #5,398 |
| 1986 | 879 | #280 | 7 | #5,856 |
| 1985 | 931 | #271 | 7 | #5,694 |
| 1984 | 1,003 | #248 | 13 | #3,433 |
| 1983 | 1,038 | #238 | 6 | #6,128 |
| 1982 | 984 | #254 | 8 | #4,936 |
| 1981 | 1,008 | #247 | 6 | #6,159 |
| 1980 | 962 | #264 | 7 | #5,449 |
| 1979 | 1,016 | #247 | 5 | #6,960 |
| 1978 | 947 | #252 | 6 | #5,679 |
| 1977 | 982 | #255 | 8 | #4,536 |
| 1976 | 1,057 | #228 | 5 | #6,392 |
| 1975 | 1,143 | #215 | 9 | #3,912 |
| 1974 | 1,353 | #189 | 9 | #3,804 |
| 1973 | 1,347 | #193 | — | — |
| 1972 | 1,465 | #194 | 5 | #5,655 |
| 1971 | 1,577 | #194 | 11 | #3,123 |
| 1970 | 1,727 | #189 | 10 | #3,255 |
| 1969 | 1,814 | #178 | 13 | #2,533 |
| 1968 | 1,963 | #164 | 11 | #2,714 |
| 1967 | 2,214 | #156 | 12 | #2,458 |
| 1966 | 2,411 | #146 | 6 | #3,904 |
| 1965 | 2,960 | #131 | 13 | #2,358 |
| 1964 | 2,945 | #137 | 11 | #2,647 |
| 1963 | 3,280 | #128 | 12 | #2,522 |
| 1962 | 3,458 | #131 | 20 | #1,847 |
| 1961 | 3,752 | #124 | 21 | #1,815 |
| 1960 | 3,824 | #121 | 10 | #2,851 |
| 1959 | 3,853 | #120 | 18 | #1,967 |
| 1958 | 4,156 | #114 | 12 | #2,491 |
| 1957 | 4,310 | #109 | 22 | #1,748 |
| 1956 | 4,145 | #108 | 8 | #3,188 |
| 1955 | 4,003 | #107 | 12 | #2,421 |
| 1954 | 4,083 | #101 | 9 | #2,925 |
| 1953 | 3,812 | #101 | 7 | #3,399 |
| 1952 | 3,789 | #99 | 8 | #3,078 |
| 1951 | 3,777 | #97 | 10 | #2,642 |
| 1950 | 3,612 | #97 | 10 | #2,561 |
| 1949 | 3,816 | #94 | 9 | #2,781 |
| 1948 | 3,671 | #100 | 9 | #2,764 |
| 1947 | 4,100 | #97 | 16 | #1,981 |
| 1946 | 4,093 | #82 | 13 | #2,134 |
| 1945 | 3,375 | #83 | 11 | #2,233 |
| 1944 | 3,292 | #83 | 15 | #1,880 |
| 1943 | 3,623 | #77 | 18 | #1,760 |
| 1942 | 3,728 | #72 | 7 | #3,187 |
| 1941 | 3,788 | #65 | 16 | #1,814 |
| 1940 | 3,802 | #62 | 20 | #1,566 |
| 1939 | 3,870 | #62 | 22 | #1,454 |
| 1938 | 4,259 | #56 | 13 | #2,079 |
| 1937 | 4,371 | #50 | 18 | #1,682 |
| 1936 | 4,156 | #53 | 24 | #1,381 |
| 1935 | 3,620 | #60 | 19 | #1,650 |
| 1934 | 3,475 | #70 | 16 | #1,849 |
| 1933 | 2,935 | #84 | 13 | #2,086 |
| 1932 | 2,568 | #96 | 16 | #1,917 |
| 1931 | 1,927 | #123 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1930 | 1,830 | #132 | 11 | #2,590 |
| 1929 | 2,037 | #119 | 16 | #1,995 |
| 1928 | 2,222 | #119 | 15 | #2,147 |
| 1927 | 2,347 | #116 | 9 | #3,121 |
| 1926 | 2,528 | #107 | 16 | #2,064 |
| 1925 | 2,537 | #106 | 17 | #2,000 |
| 1924 | 2,757 | #104 | 7 | #3,825 |
| 1923 | 2,838 | #98 | 14 | #2,320 |
| 1922 | 2,961 | #94 | 7 | #3,829 |
| 1921 | 3,297 | #88 | 18 | #1,974 |
| 1920 | 3,317 | #85 | 5 | #4,903 |
| 1919 | 3,412 | #77 | 7 | #3,700 |
| 1918 | 3,675 | #71 | 8 | #3,338 |
| 1917 | 3,469 | #69 | 12 | #2,403 |
| 1916 | 3,414 | #69 | 8 | #3,151 |
| 1915 | 3,284 | #67 | 8 | #3,042 |
| 1914 | 2,565 | #70 | 13 | #1,856 |
| 1913 | 2,013 | #72 | 9 | #2,074 |
| 1912 | 1,639 | #77 | 9 | #1,871 |
| 1911 | 1,184 | #82 | — | — |
| 1910 | 1,000 | #92 | — | — |
| 1909 | 847 | #93 | — | — |
| 1908 | 748 | #101 | — | — |
| 1907 | 611 | #109 | 6 | #1,329 |
| 1906 | 617 | #107 | 5 | #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 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).