Sylvester

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Dutch
Sylvester first appears in the data in 1941 and has been recorded in 62 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1986 with 35 babies (rank #366 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Sylvester

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Sylvester yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

643
Total babies (all years)
62
Years in the data
35
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19411#42
19421#89
19542#50
19552#729
19563#705
19573#735
19586#624
19592#828
19602#886
19612#879
19629#574
19638#594
196414#498
19656#693
19667#661
19675#762
19687#686
196910#625
19709#662
197111#620
19727#732
19738#677
19753#975
197610#620
197710#616
19784#907
19794#926
198011#635
19819#687
19827#758
19837#756
198424#435
198528#401
198635#366
198724#466
198815#599
198926#478
199023#508
199116#612
199217#592
199311#716
199415#636
199512#697
19968#826
19977#882
19986#939
19994#1,143
200017#617
200129#466
200220#565
200313#694
20049#812
20059#807
200612#704
200710#739
200811#722
200915#610
20107#858
20118#793
20128#793
20138#797
20146#870