Sylvanna — girls' name
280 babies named Sylvanna in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Sylvanna was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Sylvanna in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sylvanna
The Social Security Administration has registered 280 babies named Sylvanna between 1959 and 2023, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sylvanna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sylvanna performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Sylvanna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sylvanna 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 280 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.
Sylvanna at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sylvanna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1959
- Peak year (1996)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 65 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
280 total births across 65 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 14 births in a single year.
Sylvanna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 82 births that decade — 29% of Sylvanna's all-time total
Sylvanna decade highlights
- Peak decade 82 births
- Runner-up 79 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Sylvanna's strongest decade
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% 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, 1959–2023 (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.