Sylvanus was the #12,008 boys' name in the US in 2025 (5 babies).
Sylvanus as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#12,008 (5)
2024
#9,894 (7)
2023
#8,921 (8)
2021
#9,714 (7)
2020
#10,605 (6)
2017
#12,246 (5)
2015
#8,744 (8)
2014
#10,717 (6)
2013
#10,728 (6)
2011
#10,808 (6)
2005
#8,299 (8)
2004
#11,356 (5)
2003
#9,581 (6)
2002
#10,667 (5)
2001
#9,243 (6)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1894 at #787.
Holding steady over the last five years.
In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
How common is it?
about 1 in 330,000 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.