Sylvia

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Dutch

Meaning

Sylvia is a feminine given name of Latin origin. The French form is Sylvie. The name originates from the Latin word for forest Silva and its meaning is spirit of the wood. The mythological god of the forest was associated with the figure of Silvanus.

From Wikipedia

Sylvia first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 63 babies (rank #655 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Sylvia

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

689
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
63
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199624#911
199718#1,122
199822#992
199917#1,211
200024#927
200114#1,432
200225#937
200318#1,262
200423#1,070
200526#1,009
200634#887
200727#1,099
200832#993
200941#849
201026#1,253
201148#786
201245#855
201342#898
201461#661
201563#655
201659#702