Is Sylvia a boy or girl name?
Sylvia is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 863 girls and 0 boys were named Sylvia, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 99.6% of the 244,949 US babies named Sylvia were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #361
- Babies named Sylvia since 1880
- 244,949
- Most popular year
- 1937
- 4,389 babies
Boys and girls named Sylvia, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 1,109 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 3,025 | 100% |
| 1900s | 11 | 5,559 | 99.8% |
| 1910s | 74 | 25,655 | 99.7% |
| 1920s | 124 | 26,841 | 99.5% |
| 1930s | 164 | 33,010 | 99.5% |
| 1940s | 134 | 37,287 | 99.6% |
| 1950s | 116 | 39,540 | 99.7% |
| 1960s | 129 | 28,619 | 99.6% |
| 1970s | 68 | 12,616 | 99.5% |
| 1980s | 78 | 9,323 | 99.2% |
| 1990s | 10 | 6,390 | 99.8% |
| 2000s | 0 | 5,440 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 6,042 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 3,585 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 863 | #361 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 724 | #426 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 720 | #438 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 673 | #466 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 605 | #502 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 616 | #511 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 633 | #492 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 646 | #484 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 621 | #503 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 662 | #484 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 636 | #491 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 594 | #507 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 578 | #526 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 531 | #551 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 525 | #557 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 555 | #549 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 556 | #554 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 588 | #533 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 581 | #520 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 547 | #529 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 513 | #557 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 504 | #550 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 535 | #513 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 519 | #517 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 542 | #497 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 539 | #482 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 553 | #468 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 518 | #484 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 553 | #452 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 589 | #436 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 593 | #426 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 685 | #372 |
| 1992 | 5 | #9,641 | 711 | #361 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 831 | #322 |
| 1990 | 5 | #9,333 | 818 | #334 |
| 1989 | 8 | #6,156 | 799 | #319 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,675 | 856 | #291 |
| 1987 | 8 | #5,398 | 863 | #285 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,856 | 879 | #280 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,696 | 931 | #271 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,432 | 1,004 | #248 |
| 1983 | 6 | #6,128 | 1,038 | #238 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,936 | 983 | #254 |
| 1981 | 6 | #6,160 | 1,008 | #247 |
| 1980 | 7 | #5,449 | 962 | #264 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,960 | 1,016 | #247 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,679 | 948 | #251 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,537 | 982 | #255 |
| 1976 | 5 | #6,392 | 1,057 | #228 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,914 | 1,143 | #215 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,804 | 1,353 | #189 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 1,347 | #193 |
| 1972 | 5 | #5,655 | 1,465 | #194 |
| 1971 | 11 | #3,123 | 1,577 | #194 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,255 | 1,728 | #189 |
| 1969 | 13 | #2,533 | 1,813 | #178 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,715 | 1,963 | #164 |
| 1967 | 12 | #2,457 | 2,213 | #156 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,904 | 2,410 | #146 |
| 1965 | 13 | #2,360 | 2,960 | #131 |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,647 | 2,944 | #137 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,522 | 3,281 | #128 |
| 1962 | 20 | #1,849 | 3,458 | #131 |
| 1961 | 21 | #1,816 | 3,752 | #124 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,851 | 3,825 | #121 |
| 1959 | 18 | #1,967 | 3,853 | #120 |
| 1958 | 12 | #2,491 | 4,156 | #114 |
| 1957 | 22 | #1,748 | 4,308 | #109 |
| 1956 | 8 | #3,188 | 4,146 | #108 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,421 | 4,003 | #107 |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,925 | 4,084 | #101 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,399 | 3,812 | #101 |
| 1952 | 8 | #3,078 | 3,789 | #99 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,642 | 3,777 | #97 |
| 1950 | 10 | #2,561 | 3,612 | #97 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,781 | 3,816 | #94 |
| 1948 | 9 | #2,764 | 3,671 | #100 |
| 1947 | 16 | #1,981 | 4,100 | #97 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,134 | 4,093 | #82 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,233 | 3,375 | #83 |
| 1944 | 15 | #1,880 | 3,291 | #83 |
| 1943 | 18 | #1,760 | 3,623 | #77 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,187 | 3,728 | #72 |
| 1941 | 16 | #1,814 | 3,788 | #65 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,566 | 3,802 | #62 |
| 1939 | 22 | #1,454 | 3,870 | #62 |
| 1938 | 13 | #2,079 | 4,258 | #56 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,682 | 4,371 | #50 |
| 1936 | 24 | #1,381 | 4,156 | #53 |
| 1935 | 19 | #1,650 | 3,620 | #60 |
| 1934 | 16 | #1,849 | 3,475 | #70 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,086 | 2,935 | #84 |
| 1932 | 16 | #1,917 | 2,568 | #96 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,315 | 1,927 | #123 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,590 | 1,830 | #132 |
| 1929 | 16 | #1,995 | 2,037 | #119 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,147 | 2,222 | #119 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,121 | 2,347 | #116 |
| 1926 | 16 | #2,064 | 2,528 | #107 |
| 1925 | 17 | #2,000 | 2,537 | #106 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,825 | 2,757 | #104 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,320 | 2,838 | #98 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,829 | 2,961 | #94 |
| 1921 | 18 | #1,974 | 3,297 | #88 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,903 | 3,317 | #85 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,700 | 3,412 | #77 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,338 | 3,675 | #71 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,403 | 3,469 | #69 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,151 | 3,414 | #69 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,042 | 3,284 | #67 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,856 | 2,565 | #70 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,074 | 2,013 | #72 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,871 | 1,639 | #77 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 1,184 | #82 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 1,000 | #92 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 847 | #93 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 748 | #101 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,329 | 611 | #109 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,398 | 617 | #107 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 528 | #120 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 497 | #119 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 464 | #120 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 411 | #136 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 390 | #129 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 446 | #137 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 371 | #130 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 391 | #133 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 357 | #135 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 340 | #140 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 276 | #157 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 288 | #153 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 286 | #144 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 275 | #149 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 218 | #156 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 223 | #158 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 166 | #178 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 166 | #174 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 135 | #173 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 137 | #167 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 112 | #173 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 87 | #199 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 79 | #192 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 79 | #179 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 67 | #187 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 81 | #162 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Sylvia reached #1,329 in 1907. As a girl name, it reached #50 in 1937. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1930s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Sylvia
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.