Sylvester — #2092 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Sylvester

The Social Security Administration has registered 43,165 babies named Sylvester between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sylvester currently holds the #2092 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 807 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sylvester performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 6,861 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Sylvester shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 2,957 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Sylvester in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sylvester 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 43,165 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.