Girls' name · since 1909
Sylvie
Sylvie has 8,444 recorded births since 1909 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,860 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #282 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,444
- born since 1909
- 2020s
- peak decade
8,444 babies have been named Sylvie since 1909, making it today's #282 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Sylvie recorded 8,444 times among girls since 1909, holding rank #282 nationally today, ahead of 98% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1909 to 2025.
- #1,860 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #282 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 8,444 born since 1909
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sylvie ranks #1,860 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #282 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 8,444 born since 1909, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,860 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #282 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,444
- born since 1909
- 2020s
- peak decade
Sylvie's 8,444 recorded births place it above 97.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
46 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Sylvie compares
8,444 Top 11% higher than 89% of 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
Sylvie's all-time total is 22x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sylvie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 8,444 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,096 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sylvie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sylvie splits its recorded history at 1982: 93% of all births land in the more recent half, 7% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1909 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 1,096 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sylvie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1909–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 1,096
- Annual births at peak, across 117 years of records
Sylvie by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (4,290 births, 51% of the file).
2020s was Sylvie's strongest decade.
4,290 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Sylvie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s 22
1910s
22 births
- 1920s 11
1920s
11 births
- 1930s 17
1930s
17 births
- 1940s 17
1940s
17 births
- 1950s 97
1950s
97 births
- 1960s 242
1960s
242 births
- 1970s 145
1970s
145 births
- 1980s 159
1980s
159 births
- 1990s 285
1990s
285 births
- 2000s 883
2000s
883 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,271 births
- 2020s
2020s
4,290 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 4,290 births (51% of all-time use).
How Sylvie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Sylvie's total volume
Sylvie by state
Where Sylvie concentrates geographically, total births since 1909
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 665 | 7.9% |
| #2 | New York | | 599 | 7.1% |
| #3 | Minnesota | | 359 | 4.3% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 317 | 3.8% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 300 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Texas | | 287 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Washington | | 271 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 260 | 3.1% |
665 of 8,444 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 46 reporting states.
Sylvie appears in 46 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Sylvie's data
- California records the most Sylvies (665 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sylvie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~116 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, 1909–2025 (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 Sylvie 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.