Silvestre

Gender: Boy
Say it: seel-VES-treh
Origin: Latin
US rank, 2025: #4,856 for boys

Silvestre is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “of the forest”. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).

What does Silvestre mean?

Latin: Spanish and Portuguese form of Sylvester

“of the forest”

Pope Saint Sylvester I, who led the Church under Constantine, is remembered on 31 December, New Year's Eve.

Is Silvestre a girl's or a boy's name?

Silvestre is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Silvestre in the US?

Rank in 2025: 4,856th among boys
Babies in 2025: 20 about 1 in 85,000 boys
Five-year trend: Steady down 10% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Silvestre, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 1994, with 60 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.

Half of all the boys named Silvestre in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.

1912Busiest: 60 in 19942025

Silvestre in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	20	#4,856
2024	17	#5,439
2023	20	#4,882
2022	14	#6,141
2021	17	#5,333
2020	23	#4,271
2019	17	#5,336
2018	23	#4,350
2017	15	#5,784
2016	22	#4,469
2015	24	#4,177
2014	20	#4,698
2013	25	#3,962
2012	33	#3,294
2011	18	#4,981
2010	22	#4,365
2009	36	#3,161
2008	41	#2,878
2007	41	#2,866
2006	48	#2,512
2005	33	#3,087
2004	51	#2,234
2003	54	#2,073
2002	40	#2,466
2001	46	#2,213
2000	43	#2,252
1999	50	#1,929
1998	43	#2,123
1997	48	#1,905
1996	52	#1,760
1995	54	#1,661
1994	60	#1,539
1993	53	#1,657
1992	58	#1,520
1991	48	#1,693
1990	40	#1,904
1989	38	#1,914
1988	29	#2,141
1987	25	#2,268
1986	38	#1,661
1985	34	#1,763
1984	24	#2,158
1983	16	#2,786
1982	33	#1,733
1981	18	#2,568
1980	24	#2,162
1979	26	#1,991
1978	26	#1,913
1977	22	#2,131
1976	23	#2,053
1975	25	#1,883
1974	22	#1,983
1973	11	#3,011
1972	17	#2,243
1971	13	#2,685
1970	10	#3,069
1969	22	#1,766
1968	13	#2,310
1967	10	#2,610
1966	15	#2,042
1965	13	#2,269
1964	12	#2,408
1963	13	#2,299
1962	15	#2,116
1961	12	#2,408
1960	15	#2,120
1959	19	#1,864
1958	13	#2,263
1957	17	#1,951
1956	11	#2,495
1955	12	#2,301
1954	12	#2,315
1953	16	#1,957
1952	13	#2,152
1951	17	#1,837
1950	11	#2,320
1949	13	#2,122
1948	12	#2,217
1947	12	#2,250
1946	12	#2,142
1945	14	#1,851
1944	10	#2,308
1943	10	#2,404
1942	0	–
1941	13	#1,997
1940	14	#1,894
1939	11	#2,159
1938	7	#2,868
1937	9	#2,479
1936	13	#1,964
1935	14	#1,929
1934	20	#1,551
1933	8	#2,737
1932	13	#2,101
1931	14	#2,003
1930	10	#2,607
1929	20	#1,672
1928	18	#1,822
1927	19	#1,796
1926	18	#1,846
1925	15	#2,088
1924	18	#1,894
1923	19	#1,815
1922	0	–
1921	8	#3,213
1920	15	#2,130
1919	9	#2,876
1918	7	#3,367
1917	10	#2,561
1916	7	#3,176
1915	10	#2,457
1914	5	#3,263
1913	0	–
1912	6	#2,268