Sylia — girls' name
23 babies named Sylia in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Sylia was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Sylia in 1958 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sylia
The Social Security Administration has registered 23 babies named Sylia between 1958 and 2022, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sylia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sylia performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sylia shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sylia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sylia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 23 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Sylia at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sylia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1958
- Peak year (1958)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 65 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
23 total births across 65 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1958 with 8 births in a single year.
Sylia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 10 births that decade — 43% of Sylia's all-time total
Sylia decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 8 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Sylia's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Sylia by state
Where Sylia concentrates geographically — total births since 1958
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 26.1% |
6 of 23 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 26.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 26.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1958–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.