Sylar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SY-lar
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Sylar is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Sylar mean?
Modern: invented name from the TV series Heroes
Associated with Sylar, the villain of the TV series Heroes (2006-2010), who took the name from a watch brand.
Is Sylar a girl's or a boy's name?
Sylar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sylar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Sylar, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,650th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 91 boys. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Sylar in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sylar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 29 | #3,650 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 32 | #3,442 |
| 2017 | 35 | #3,248 |
| 2016 | 67 | #2,086 |
| 2015 | 54 | #2,385 |
| 2014 | 69 | #2,043 |
| 2013 | 67 | #2,020 |
| 2012 | 69 | #2,015 |
| 2011 | 55 | #2,316 |
| 2010 | 76 | #1,880 |
| 2009 | 91 | #1,707 |
| 2008 | 47 | #2,631 |
| 2007 | 38 | #3,023 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
Names like Sylar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jamir, Zayden, Zymir, Sawyer, Archer, Jaxton, Zahir, Shepherd, Zamir, Kayson, Jasiah, Eziah
Names related to Sylar
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sylar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sylar, updated 20 October 2026.