Sylus
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SY-lus
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #2,167 for boys
Sylus is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “of the forest”. In 2025 it ranked 2,167th for boys in the US (66 babies).
What does Sylus mean?
Latin: spelling of Silas, short for Silvanus
“of the forest”
Silas travels with Paul on his missionary journeys in the Book of Acts.
Is Sylus a girl's or a boy's name?
Sylus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 66 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sylus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,167th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 66 about 1 in 26,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 66 boys in the US were named Sylus, making it the 2,167th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,113th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 84 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
2025 had more boys named Sylus than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Sylus in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 5,607 boys in the US were given Sylus or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #62, up from #2,167 for this spelling alone.
Sylus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | #2,167 |
| 2024 | 50 | #2,637 |
| 2023 | 50 | #2,613 |
| 2022 | 54 | #2,516 |
| 2021 | 42 | #2,917 |
| 2020 | 66 | #2,113 |
| 2019 | 50 | #2,581 |
| 2018 | 59 | #2,281 |
| 2017 | 52 | #2,449 |
| 2016 | 70 | #2,028 |
| 2015 | 62 | #2,189 |
| 2014 | 81 | #1,828 |
| 2013 | 84 | #1,732 |
| 2012 | 74 | #1,922 |
| 2011 | 74 | #1,885 |
| 2010 | 68 | #2,009 |
| 2009 | 53 | #2,400 |
| 2008 | 43 | #2,787 |
| 2007 | 39 | #2,972 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
Names like Sylus
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Magnus, Atticus, Maximus, Soren, Titus, Callum, Shepherd, Caius, Atlas, Stetson, Ares, Santino
Other spellings of Sylus
Names related to Sylus
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
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, “Sylus: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sylus, updated 20 October 2026.