Meaning and history
Sylvia is a variant of Silvia and has been the most common English spelling since the 19th century.
20062006: 581 births, rank #520
2007: 588 births, rank #532
2008: 556 births, rank #554
2009: 555 births, rank #548
2010: 525 births, rank #557
20112011: 531 births, rank #550
2012: 578 births, rank #525
2013: 594 births, rank #507
2014: 638 births, rank #490
2015: 662 births, rank #484
20162016: 622 births, rank #502
2017: 647 births, rank #482
2018: 633 births, rank #492
2019: 616 births, rank #510
2020: 606 births, rank #501
20212021: 673 births, rank #465
2022: 720 births, rank #437
2023: 724 births, rank #427
2024: 868 births, rank #361
20252025: 1,017 births, rank #300
Sylvia rose from #361 to #300 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1937, with 4,371 births.