Sylar

Sylar was the #6,803 boys' name in the US in 2025 (12 babies).

Sylar as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Sylar as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020US
Sylar as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#6,803 (12)——
2024#7,257 (11)——
2023#7,738 (10)——
2022#5,019 (19)——
2021#7,089 (11)——
2020#3,653 (29)——
2019#4,337 (23)——
2018#3,446 (32)——
2017#3,249 (35)——
2016#2,086 (67)#4,810 (3)—
2015#2,386 (54)——
2014#2,044 (69)—#2,371 (6)
2013#2,021 (67)#3,822 (4)—
2012#2,016 (69)——
2011#2,317 (55)—#2,330 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2009 at #1,708.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2006.
  • In 2023, 33% of US babies named Sylar were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 140,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Sylar is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 160,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 87,000 to 1 in 280,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SylarCanadaBoys—too few
SylarEngland & WalesBoys—too few
SylarUSGirls—too few
SylarUSBoys#6,80312