Unisex name · since 1983
Sylver
173 babies named Sylver in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,347 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,649 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 173
- born since 1983
- 2010s
- peak decade
173 babies have been named Sylver since 1983, making it today's #13649 unisex name.
Sylver has 173 recorded births among girls since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13649 as of the latest data, more common than 21% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2025.
- #21,347 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,649 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 173 born since 1983
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sylver ranks #21,347 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,649 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 173 born since 1983, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,347 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,649 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 173
- born since 1983
- 2010s
- peak decade
Sylver's 173 recorded births place it above 70.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Sylver compares
173 34th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sylver's all-time total is 54% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sylver | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 173 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sylver's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sylver splits its recorded history at 2012: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1983 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sylver popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Sylver popularity over time - boys
10 total births recorded since 2008 (Sylver as boys' name)
Sylver by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (62 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Sylver's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Sylver births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 24
1980s
24 births
- 1990s
1990s
31 births
- 2000s 19
2000s
19 births
- 2010s
2010s
62 births
- 2020s
2020s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 62 births (36% of all-time use).
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What to do with Sylver's data
- Sylver's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (62 total births) through the 2020s (37) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sylver: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~42 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1983–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sylver draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.