Sylas
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SY-lus
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,202 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #440 for boys
Sylas is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “of the woods”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 440th for boys in the US (717 babies).
What does Sylas mean?
Latin: spelling of Silas, a short form of Silvanus
“of the woods”
A spelling of Silas, Saint Paul's companion in the Acts of the Apostles, short for Latin Silvanus.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Sylas a girl's or a boy's name?
Sylas is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 15 girls and 717 boys in the US.
How popular is Sylas in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,202among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Sylas, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Sylas of any year since it first appeared, in 2005.
Half of all the boys named Sylas in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 81 boys in the UK were given Sylas or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #500, up from #2,202 for this spelling alone.
- Silas 70
- Sylas 11
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Sylas in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
How popular is Sylas in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #440among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 717about 1 in 2,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 717 boys in the US were named Sylas, making it the 440th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 585th. It first appears in the records in 1975. 15 girls were also named Sylas in 2025 (7,131st for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Sylas of any year since it first appeared, in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Sylas in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,607 boys in the US were given Sylas or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #62, up from #440 for this spelling alone.
Sylas in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 717 | #440 |
| 2024 | 637 | #486 |
| 2023 | 662 | #464 |
| 2022 | 627 | #487 |
| 2021 | 551 | #534 |
| 2020 | 472 | #585 |
| 2019 | 442 | #619 |
| 2018 | 421 | #631 |
| 2017 | 390 | #657 |
| 2016 | 416 | #638 |
| 2015 | 439 | #611 |
| 2014 | 382 | #670 |
| 2013 | 508 | #524 |
| 2012 | 389 | #624 |
| 2011 | 377 | #624 |
| 2010 | 256 | #834 |
| 2009 | 254 | #843 |
| 2008 | 172 | #1,086 |
| 2007 | 156 | #1,144 |
| 2006 | 82 | #1,713 |
| 2005 | 84 | #1,617 |
| 2004 | 67 | #1,830 |
| 2003 | 76 | #1,643 |
| 2002 | 64 | #1,789 |
| 2001 | 30 | #2,983 |
| 2000 | 31 | #2,858 |
| 1999 | 28 | #2,935 |
| 1998 | 22 | #3,386 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 23 | #3,102 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
Nicknames for Sylas
- Sy 10 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Sylas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Atlas Remy Hudson Enzo Lucas Jaxon Roman Asher Grayson Theo Marley Ilyas
Other spellings of Sylas
Names related to Sylas
More Latin names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Sylas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sylas, updated 20 October 2026.