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Sylvester Name Origin: Latin
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Pronunciation: s(y)-lves-ter, syl-ve-ster
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Sylvester Name Popularity
How popular is the name Sylvester? Here’s everything we know.
Year |
Rank |
# Births |
% Births |
1910 |
161 |
157 |
0.0446% |
1911 |
164 |
166 |
0.0446% |
1912 |
171 |
307 |
0.0609% |
1913 |
154 |
433 |
0.0764% |
1914 |
162 |
511 |
0.0733% |
1915 |
160 |
681 |
0.075% |
1916 |
172 |
672 |
0.0696% |
1917 |
173 |
699 |
0.0699% |
1918 |
173 |
735 |
0.0685% |
1919 |
173 |
735 |
0.0702% |
1920 |
172 |
785 |
0.0706% |
1921 |
182 |
732 |
0.0639% |
1922 |
190 |
688 |
0.0618% |
1923 |
189 |
704 |
0.0629% |
1924 |
197 |
686 |
0.0591% |
1925 |
201 |
674 |
0.0596% |
1926 |
201 |
671 |
0.061% |
1927 |
214 |
584 |
0.0528% |
1928 |
215 |
577 |
0.0539% |
1929 |
222 |
544 |
0.0525% |
1930 |
217 |
571 |
0.0547% |
1931 |
225 |
507 |
0.0514% |
1932 |
215 |
533 |
0.0539% |
1933 |
226 |
476 |
0.0511% |
1934 |
228 |
479 |
0.0495% |
1935 |
223 |
498 |
0.0512% |
1936 |
233 |
457 |
0.0474% |
1937 |
237 |
451 |
0.0458% |
1938 |
232 |
485 |
0.0474% |
1939 |
242 |
448 |
0.044% |
1940 |
253 |
440 |
0.0414% |
1941 |
236 |
508 |
0.0451% |
1942 |
265 |
464 |
0.0367% |
1943 |
273 |
468 |
0.0358% |
1944 |
248 |
507 |
0.0409% |
1945 |
257 |
471 |
0.0386% |
1946 |
274 |
512 |
0.0347% |
1947 |
281 |
567 |
0.034% |
1948 |
268 |
574 |
0.036% |
1949 |
271 |
566 |
0.0352% |
1950 |
255 |
615 |
0.0382% |
1951 |
264 |
615 |
0.0363% |
1952 |
280 |
572 |
0.0328% |
1953 |
276 |
613 |
0.0346% |
1954 |
279 |
605 |
0.0331% |
1955 |
279 |
620 |
0.0337% |
1956 |
302 |
578 |
0.0306% |
1957 |
306 |
580 |
0.0301% |
1958 |
313 |
554 |
0.0293% |
1959 |
323 |
532 |
0.028% |
1960 |
346 |
465 |
0.0245% |
1961 |
345 |
484 |
0.0256% |
1962 |
369 |
437 |
0.0238% |
1963 |
371 |
423 |
0.0236% |
1964 |
398 |
363 |
0.0206% |
1965 |
394 |
353 |
0.0216% |
1966 |
408 |
301 |
0.0193% |
1967 |
431 |
267 |
0.0176% |
1968 |
456 |
238 |
0.0159% |
1969 |
487 |
206 |
0.0134% |
1970 |
496 |
219 |
0.0138% |
1971 |
465 |
260 |
0.0173% |
1972 |
497 |
201 |
0.0148% |
1973 |
474 |
228 |
0.0176% |
1974 |
567 |
152 |
0.0117% |
1975 |
532 |
182 |
0.0142% |
1976 |
590 |
142 |
0.011% |
1977 |
556 |
184 |
0.0137% |
1978 |
546 |
185 |
0.0138% |
1979 |
531 |
209 |
0.0148% |
1980 |
595 |
163 |
0.0111% |
1981 |
588 |
163 |
0.0111% |
1982 |
580 |
175 |
0.0117% |
1983 |
638 |
129 |
0.0087% |
1984 |
569 |
173 |
0.0116% |
1985 |
602 |
163 |
0.0107% |
1986 |
628 |
155 |
0.0103% |
1987 |
623 |
164 |
0.0107% |
1988 |
658 |
157 |
0.0101% |
1989 |
693 |
154 |
0.0095% |
1990 |
702 |
159 |
0.0096% |
1991 |
911 |
87 |
0.0053% |
1992 |
1,061 |
61 |
0.0038% |
1993 |
862 |
103 |
0.0066% |
1994 |
975 |
79 |
0.0051% |
1995 |
953 |
86 |
0.0057% |
1996 |
1,199 |
51 |
0.0034% |
1997 |
1,252 |
46 |
0.0031% |
1998 |
1,567 |
27 |
0.0018% |
1999 |
1,299 |
45 |
0.003% |
2000 |
1,376 |
43 |
0.0028% |
2001 |
1,381 |
44 |
0.0029% |
2002 |
1,512 |
36 |
0.0024% |
2003 |
1,432 |
44 |
0.0029% |
2004 |
2,005 |
17 |
0.0011% |
2005 |
1,969 |
19 |
0.0012% |
2006 |
1,815 |
28 |
0.0018% |
2007 |
1,706 |
35 |
0.0022% |
2008 |
1,900 |
24 |
0.0016% |
2009 |
1,866 |
25 |
0.0017% |
2010 |
2,385 |
11 |
0.0008% |
2011 |
1,855 |
24 |
0.0017% |
2012 |
1,917 |
22 |
0.0015% |
2013 |
1,852 |
24 |
0.0017% |
2014 |
1,766 |
28 |
0.0019% |
2015 |
2,118 |
16 |
0.0011% |
2016 |
2,240 |
12 |
0.0008% |
2017 |
2,179 |
13 |
0.0009% |
2018 |
2,067 |
15 |
0.0011% |
2019 |
2,151 |
13 |
0.001% |
2020 |
3,592 |
5 |
0.0004% |
2021 |
2,299 |
23 |
0.0019% |
2022 |
2,322 |
23 |
0.0017% |
District of Columbia (DC)
Data via SSA.gov.
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Name |
Meaning |
Origin |
Popularity |
Other Gender |
Silvester
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Wooded
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Latin
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Wooded
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Latin
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Sly
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Wooded
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Latin
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Name |
Meaning |
Origin |
Popularity |
Other Gender |
Silvestro
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Wooded
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Latin
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Name |
Meaning |
Origin |
Popularity |
Other Gender |
Vester
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Latin
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