unisex NAME · CURRENTLY #1674
Sylvan
SIL-vən
“of the forest”
A given name derived from the Latin adjective silvanus and associated with woodland imagery.
SSA POPULARITY HISTORY
How Sylvan has traveled through time
121900
111910
661915
681920
801925
471930
441935
321940
191945
251950
111955
181960
51965
51970
181975
141980
141985
151990
121995
282000
182005
272010
332015
522020
1112025
LATEST YEAR2025111 births
PEAK RANK#555in 1912
CURRENT USAGE10.8% F89.2% M
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration. SSA excludes names with fewer than five occurrences in a geographic area.