NameTides

Sylvia

Sylvia was the #300 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,017 babies), and #426 in England & Wales and #600 in Canada.

Sylvia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Sylvia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanadaScotland
Sylvia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#300 (1,017)#426 (95)#632 (4)—#600 (50)
2024#361 (868)#625 (62)#541 (5)#898 (3)#553 (54)
2023#427 (724)#461 (86)—#727 (4)#729 (38)
2022#437 (720)#630 (60)#531 (5)—#696 (40)
2021#465 (673)#581 (67)——#898 (31)
2020#501 (606)#643 (58)#765 (3)—#665 (43)
2019#510 (616)#574 (70)#650 (4)#871 (3)#839 (33)
2018#492 (633)#614 (67)#583 (5)#436 (9)#581 (53)
2017#482 (647)#695 (59)#808 (3)—#775 (36)
2016#502 (622)#693 (59)#675 (4)#585 (6)#594 (51)
2015#484 (662)#649 (63)#806 (3)#896 (3)#758 (37)
2014#490 (638)#652 (61)#802 (3)#752 (4)#681 (43)
2013#507 (594)#882 (42)#449 (7)#747 (4)#629 (46)
2012#525 (578)#844 (45)#665 (4)#677 (5)#771 (36)
2011#550 (531)#776 (48)—#612 (6)#666 (43)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1937 at #50.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,600 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,700uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Sylvia is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,300 to 1 in 1,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sylvia by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #209MEWisconsin: #154WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #174NHWashington: #203WAIdaho: #221IDMontana: #208MTNorth Dakota: #195NDMinnesota: #119MNIllinois: #305ILMichigan: #183MINew York: #334NYMassachusetts: #245MAOregon: #158ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #323IAIndiana: #187INOhio: #192OHPennsylvania: #139PANew Jersey: #372NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: #150RICalifornia: #687CAUtah: #287UTColorado: #236CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #185MOKentucky: #185KYWest Virginia: #154WVVirginia: #246VAMaryland: #201MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #372AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #233KSArkansas: #250ARTennessee: #296TNNorth Carolina: #371NCSouth Carolina: #519SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #374OKLouisiana: #394LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #348ALGeorgia: #560GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #700TXFlorida: #571FL
Sylvia (girls) 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#56422

Sylvia (girls): 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
SylviaCanadaGirls#60050
SylviaEngland & WalesGirls#42695
SylviaIrelandGirls—too few
SylviaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SylviaScotlandGirls#6324
SylviaUSGirls#3001,017
SylviaUSBoys—too few