Sylvester Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Sylvester: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 43,230 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

43,230

Peak year

1920 #174

Years on the list

146

10-year trend

+4.6%

In the 1920s · Most used in PA in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	60	#2198
2012	57	#2290
2013	76	#1876
2014	75	#1941
2015	73	#1999
2016	67	#2108
2017	67	#2087
2018	66	#2139
2019	74	#1998
2020	52	#2497
2021	68	#2128
2022	71	#2114
2023	67	#2172
2024	71	#2114
2025	64	#2224

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1920

Names from the same era

Vernon · 1920 Clyde · 1920 Chester · 1920 Milton · 1920 Cecil · 1920 Claude · 1920 Otis · 1920 Homer · 1920 Orville · 1920 Elbert · 1920

Names similar to Sylvester

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