Sylinda — girls' name
40 babies named Sylinda in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Sylinda was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Sylinda in 1957 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sylinda
The Social Security Administration has registered 40 babies named Sylinda between 1954 and 1972, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sylinda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1972. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sylinda performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 14 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sylinda shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sylinda 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 40 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.
Sylinda at a glance
Last recorded 1972Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sylinda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1954
- Peak year (1957)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1972.
40 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 9 births in a single year.
Sylinda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 14 births that decade — 35% of Sylinda's all-time total
Sylinda decade highlights
- Peak decade 14 births
- Runner-up 14 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Sylinda's strongest decade
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
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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, 1954–1972 (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.