Meaning and history
Sylvan is either a variant of Silvanus or derived directly from the Latin word silva, meaning “wood” or “forest.”
20062006: 25 births, rank #3,888
2007: 18 births, rank #4,996
2008: 20 births, rank #4,714
2009: 20 births, rank #4,748
2010: 27 births, rank #3,812
20112011: 25 births, rank #3,994
2012: 31 births, rank #3,450
2013: 29 births, rank #3,582
2014: 35 births, rank #3,154
2015: 25 births, rank #4,080
20162016: 43 births, rank #2,783
2017: 35 births, rank #3,249
2018: 32 births, rank #3,446
2019: 48 births, rank #2,656
2020: 45 births, rank #2,728
20212021: 64 births, rank #2,193
2022: 80 births, rank #1,938
2023: 75 births, rank #2,014
2024: 84 births, rank #1,891
20252025: 99 births, rank #1,668
Sylvan moved from #922 to #966 for boys between 1932 and 1935. Its highest annual birth count came in 1918, with 103 births.