Sylvana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sil-VAH-nuh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Sylvana is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “of the forest”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Sylvana mean?
Latin: variant of Silvana, from Latin silva 'wood'
“of the forest”
Feminine of Silvanus, the Roman god of woods and fields, from Latin silva 'wood'.
Is Sylvana a girl's or a boy's name?
Sylvana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sylvana in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 5 girls.
Sylvana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Sylvana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Sylvana, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 1951.
Half of all the girls named Sylvana in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sylvana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,516 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,853 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,125 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,008 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 13 | #3,320 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,570 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,686 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,713 |
Nicknames for Sylvana
- Syl
Names like Sylvana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sienna, Francesca, Serena, Sophia, Aurora, Lucia, Liana, Fatima, Syeda, Aria, Selena, Athena
Names related to Sylvana
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara
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, “Sylvana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sylvana, updated 20 October 2026.