Sylvia Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Sylvia: every year it appeared on the national list since 1906, with 908 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

908

Peak year

1936 #1381

Years on the list

10-year trend

-36.6%

In the 1930s ·

Popularity history

1906–1992

Year	Births	Rank
1977	8	#4536
1978	6	#5679
1979	5	#6960
1980	7	#5449
1981	6	#6159
1982	8	#4936
1983	6	#6128
1984	13	#3433
1985	7	#5694
1986	7	#5856
1987	8	#5398
1988	8	#5675
1989	8	#6158
1990	5	#9336
1992	5	#9641

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

Where {name} was most used in 1936

State-level records for this name and year are not published (names with fewer than 5 births in a state are suppressed).

Names from the same era

Joe · 1936 Bobby · 1937 Gene · 1937 Alton · 1937 Buddy · 1935 Marlin · 1935 Shirley · 1935 Carol · 1937 Huey · 1935 Rayford · 1937

Names similar to Sylvia

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