Sylvania — girls' name

What the Data Says About Sylvania

The Social Security Administration has registered 546 babies named Sylvania between 1881 and 1989, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sylvania currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sylvania performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 96 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Sylvania shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sylvania in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sylvania 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 546 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.