Sylvia

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #300in 2025
  • 1 in 1,580girls in 2025
  • +71%last ten years
  • 3.1×in Wisconsin

Most popular in 1937, and up 71% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

02,0544,10818801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Sylvia, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880890
1881729
1882733
1883703
1884674
1885842
1886948
1887925
1888929
1889931
18901,171
18911,175
18921,295
18931,343
18941,292
18951,181
18961,429
18971,524
18981,511
18991,592
19001,488
19011,629
19021,556
19031,771
19041,805
19051,811
19062,089
19071,918
19082,237
19092,439
19102,522
19112,830
19122,937
19133,223
19143,368
19153,338
19163,269
19173,208
19183,175
19193,019
19202,768
19212,674
19222,465
19232,353
19242,208
19252,084
19262,133
19271,968
19281,927
19291,824
19301,625
19311,810
19322,406
19332,912
19343,328
19353,452
19363,995
19374,108
19383,860
19393,529
19403,325
19413,135
19422,760
19432,597
19442,480
19452,582
19462,605
19472,313
19482,162
19492,230
19502,109
19512,097
19522,043
19532,026
19542,103
19552,047
19562,065
19572,108
19582,066
19591,904
19601,891
19611,859
19621,758
19631,702
19641,554
19651,677
19661,425
19671,341
19681,197
19691,075
1970988
1971948
1972963
1973924
1974922
1975784
1976721
1977641
1978618
1979633
1980579
1981604
1982581
1983621
1984596
1985541
1986512
1987496
1988481
1989433
1990431
1991443
1992386
1993379
1994332
1995335
1996315
1997298
1998313
1999304
2000298
2001288
2002298
2003276
2004279
2005296
2006306
2007306
2008294
2009302
2010295
2011302
2012328
2013339
2014357
2015371
2016351
2017375
2018372
2019367
2020375
2021410
2022439
2023451
2024536
2025633

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Wisconsin 3.1×
  2. Minnesota 2.9×
  3. Pennsylvania 2.7×
  4. Kentucky 2.5×
  5. Arkansas 2.2×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,017
Rank in 2025
#300
How rare
1 in 1,580 girls
Since 1880
245,070

Most popular in 1937, at 4,108 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 71% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Wisconsin3.1×102
Minnesota2.9×99
Pennsylvania2.7×203
Kentucky2.5×69
Arkansas2.2×38

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.