NameTides

Sylas

Sylas was the #440 boys' name in the US in 2025 (717 babies), and #2,133 in England & Wales and #503 in Canada.

Sylas as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Sylas 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Sylas 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#440 (717)#2,133 (11)#503 (59)
2024#486 (637)#2,672 (8)#822 (31)
2023#464 (662)#2,814 (7)#553 (49)
2022#487 (627)#3,450 (5)#763 (33)
2021#534 (551)#3,451 (5)#753 (35)
2020#585 (472)#2,076 (10)#822 (29)
2019#619 (442)—#625 (42)
2018#631 (421)#2,693 (7)#697 (36)
2017#657 (390)—#665 (38)
2016#638 (416)#4,810 (3)#1,026 (21)
2015#611 (439)—#1,007 (21)
2014#670 (382)—#656 (40)
2013#524 (508)#4,685 (3)#656 (38)
2012#624 (389)—#675 (36)
2011#624 (377)#4,647 (3)#744 (31)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #440.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1975.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,400 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 25,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Sylas is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,000 to 1 in 2,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sylas by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #234MEWisconsin: #437WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #425WAIdaho: #188IDMontana: #227MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #314MNIllinois: #416ILMichigan: #420MINew York: #463NYMassachusetts: #690MAOregon: #398ORNevada: #389NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #145SDIowa: #399IAIndiana: #308INOhio: #395OHPennsylvania: #332PANew Jersey: #543NJConnecticut: #382CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #439CAUtah: #441UTColorado: #346CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #346MOKentucky: #450KYWest Virginia: #330WVVirginia: #388VAMaryland: #516MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #412AZNew Mexico: #236NMKansas: #246KSArkansas: #398ARTennessee: #335TNNorth Carolina: #539NCSouth Carolina: #501SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #395OKLouisiana: #672LAMississippi: #281MSAlabama: #400ALGeorgia: #566GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #670TXFlorida: #499FL
Sylas (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#96411

Sylas (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SylasCanadaBoys#50359
SylasEngland & WalesBoys#2,13311
SylasUSGirls#7,13315
SylasUSBoys#440717