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Sylvan

Rank in 2024
#1,901
Born in 2024
83
Peak year
1918 · #605
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 83 boys were named Sylvan, about 1 in every 20,666.
  • It peaked in 1918 with 103 babies, ranked #605.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1886.
  • 3,584 boys have been named Sylvan since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Sylvan per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 1,205 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Silent: 669 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 356 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 154 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 204 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 339 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 594 babies, 0.03 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Wiktionary has no English entry for Sylvan yet, so we don’t show a meaning rather than guess one.

From Wiktionary’s entry for Sylvan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

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    Selvin

    Rank
    #2,439
    Born '24
    56
    Origin
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    1880peak 20212024