Sylver — #12506 US unisex name
166 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.
More common than 29% of names given to girls today.
37% of everyone ever named Sylver was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Sylver in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sylver
The Social Security Administration has registered 166 babies named Sylver between 1983 and 2024, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sylver currently holds the #12506 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Sylver is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 2008.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sylver performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Sylver shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sylver 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 166 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.
Sylver at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Sylver popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1983
- Peak year (2013)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
Currently ranks #12506 among girls.
166 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 9 births in a single year.
Sylver popularity over time — boys
10 total births recorded since 2008 (Sylver as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Sylver accounts for 6% of total recorded use across both genders.
Sylver by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 62 births that decade — 37% of Sylver's all-time total
Sylver decade highlights
- Peak decade 62 births
- Runner-up 31 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Sylver's strongest decade
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% 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, 1983–2024 (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.