Sylvanus
Boy · Latin
Sylvanus is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Sylvanus mean?
Latin
A male given name from Latin, variant of Silvanus.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Sylvanus a girl's or a boy's name?
Sylvanus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sylvanus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Sylvanus, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1915, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Sylvanus in the US since 1880 were born between 1919 and 1986. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Sylvanus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 7 | #3,095 |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,533 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,680 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,723 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,239 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,601 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,729 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,877 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,771 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,802 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 8 | #786 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 6 | #835 |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 6 | #798 |
| 1882 | 6 | #836 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
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