Silvester
Boy · sil-VESS-ter · Latin
Silvester is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “of the forest, wooded”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Silvester mean?
Latin: variant of Sylvester, from Latin silvestris
“of the forest, wooded”
From Latin silvestris, 'wooded'; Pope Sylvester I led the Church in the age of Emperor Constantine.
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Is Silvester a girl's or a boy's name?
Silvester is a boys' name.
How popular is Silvester in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1960, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 1884.
Half of all the boys named Silvester in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 1971, the years shaded on the chart below.
Silvester in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,177 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1963 | 29 | #1,454 |
| 1962 | 20 | #1,804 |
| 1961 | 26 | #1,569 |
| 1960 | 32 | #1,399 |
| 1959 | 17 | #1,973 |
| 1958 | 16 | #2,025 |
| 1957 | 14 | #2,189 |
| 1956 | 20 | #1,764 |
| 1955 | 22 | #1,645 |
| 1954 | 21 | #1,667 |
| 1953 | 16 | #1,957 |
| 1952 | 19 | #1,748 |
| 1951 | 15 | #1,971 |
| 1950 | 10 | #2,437 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,026 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,168 |
| 1946 | 11 | #2,270 |
| 1945 | 17 | #1,632 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,079 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,181 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,333 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,478 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,288 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,084 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,246 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,022 |
| 1933 | 13 | #1,997 |
| 1932 | 16 | #1,848 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,003 |
| 1930 | 19 | #1,693 |
| 1929 | 27 | #1,378 |
| 1928 | 18 | #1,822 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,748 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,186 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,534 |
| 1924 | 20 | #1,776 |
| 1923 | 31 | #1,300 |
| 1922 | 19 | #1,827 |
| 1921 | 19 | #1,828 |
| 1920 | 26 | #1,457 |
| 1919 | 21 | #1,623 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,164 |
| 1917 | 15 | #1,985 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,770 |
| 1915 | 14 | #1,967 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,607 |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,944 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,745 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,386 |
| 1910 | 12 | #927 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,252 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,129 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 6 | #819 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 7 | #764 |
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