Sylvesta — unisex name

What the Data Says About Sylvesta

The Social Security Administration has registered 45 babies named Sylvesta between 1903 and 1928, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sylvesta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1928. The name reached its historical peak in 1903, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Sylvesta is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 26 additional births since 1919.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sylvesta performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sylvesta shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sylvesta 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 45 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.