Sylvester
Boy · sil-VES-ter · Latin
Sylvester is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “of the woods”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 2,207th for boys in the US (64 babies).
What does Sylvester mean?
Latin: from Silvester
“of the woods”
Borne by Pope Sylvester I; New Year's Eve is called Silvester after his feast day in several European countries.
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Is Sylvester a girl's or a boy's name?
Sylvester is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 64 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sylvester in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Sylvester, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 22 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Sylvester than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Sylvester in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Sylvester in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,454 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 22 | #1,298 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,612 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 13 | #1,788 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Sylvester in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 64about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 64 boys in the US were named Sylvester, making it the 2,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,466th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 807 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Sylvester than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Sylvester in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1960, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sylvester in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 64 | #2,207 |
| 2024 | 71 | #2,098 |
| 2023 | 67 | #2,146 |
| 2022 | 71 | #2,093 |
| 2021 | 68 | #2,108 |
| 2020 | 52 | #2,466 |
| 2019 | 74 | #1,973 |
| 2018 | 66 | #2,121 |
| 2017 | 67 | #2,065 |
| 2016 | 67 | #2,086 |
| 2015 | 73 | #1,983 |
| 2014 | 75 | #1,919 |
| 2013 | 76 | #1,865 |
| 2012 | 57 | #2,269 |
| 2011 | 60 | #2,172 |
| 2010 | 62 | #2,143 |
| 2009 | 67 | #2,049 |
| 2008 | 67 | #2,061 |
| 2007 | 62 | #2,164 |
| 2006 | 77 | #1,790 |
| 2005 | 67 | #1,885 |
| 2004 | 64 | #1,907 |
| 2003 | 83 | #1,535 |
| 2002 | 78 | #1,568 |
| 2001 | 80 | #1,510 |
| 2000 | 90 | #1,387 |
| 1999 | 91 | #1,317 |
| 1998 | 80 | #1,415 |
| 1997 | 103 | #1,166 |
| 1996 | 90 | #1,234 |
| 1995 | 121 | #1,007 |
| 1994 | 131 | #960 |
| 1993 | 143 | #891 |
| 1992 | 115 | #1,014 |
| 1991 | 135 | #900 |
| 1990 | 203 | #709 |
| 1989 | 193 | #705 |
| 1988 | 203 | #662 |
| 1987 | 199 | #646 |
| 1986 | 199 | #634 |
| 1985 | 194 | #632 |
| 1984 | 209 | #584 |
| 1983 | 184 | #628 |
| 1982 | 218 | #584 |
| 1981 | 215 | #584 |
| 1980 | 204 | #613 |
| 1979 | 249 | #537 |
| 1978 | 223 | #561 |
| 1977 | 217 | #570 |
| 1976 | 190 | #590 |
| 1975 | 218 | #544 |
| 1974 | 195 | #575 |
| 1973 | 241 | #502 |
| 1972 | 224 | #529 |
| 1971 | 291 | #473 |
| 1970 | 245 | #515 |
| 1969 | 241 | #499 |
| 1968 | 259 | #470 |
| 1967 | 293 | #439 |
| 1966 | 326 | #423 |
| 1965 | 388 | #397 |
| 1964 | 390 | #405 |
| 1963 | 454 | #374 |
| 1962 | 467 | #373 |
| 1961 | 518 | #349 |
| 1960 | 504 | #347 |
| 1959 | 559 | #326 |
| 1958 | 582 | #316 |
| 1957 | 604 | #312 |
| 1956 | 621 | #297 |
| 1955 | 644 | #283 |
| 1954 | 640 | #278 |
| 1953 | 635 | #276 |
| 1952 | 603 | #280 |
| 1951 | 640 | #266 |
| 1950 | 643 | #256 |
| 1949 | 588 | #277 |
| 1948 | 600 | #271 |
| 1947 | 596 | #281 |
| 1946 | 538 | #278 |
| 1945 | 508 | #258 |
| 1944 | 534 | #250 |
| 1943 | 501 | #272 |
| 1942 | 498 | #267 |
| 1941 | 538 | #237 |
| 1940 | 460 | #257 |
| 1939 | 472 | #244 |
| 1938 | 503 | #237 |
| 1937 | 476 | #244 |
| 1936 | 482 | #237 |
| 1935 | 529 | #224 |
| 1934 | 497 | #232 |
| 1933 | 495 | #232 |
| 1932 | 561 | #216 |
| 1931 | 525 | #226 |
| 1930 | 599 | #217 |
| 1929 | 570 | #224 |
| 1928 | 599 | #219 |
| 1927 | 611 | #218 |
| 1926 | 688 | #201 |
| 1925 | 691 | #203 |
| 1924 | 708 | #198 |
| 1923 | 725 | #190 |
| 1922 | 707 | #194 |
| 1921 | 755 | #185 |
| 1920 | 807 | #174 |
| 1919 | 749 | #173 |
| 1918 | 766 | #172 |
| 1917 | 715 | #175 |
| 1916 | 715 | #172 |
| 1915 | 706 | #163 |
| 1914 | 538 | #164 |
| 1913 | 464 | #157 |
| 1912 | 348 | #167 |
| 1911 | 219 | #154 |
| 1910 | 200 | #154 |
| 1909 | 151 | #164 |
| 1908 | 166 | #143 |
| 1907 | 151 | #149 |
| 1906 | 125 | #156 |
| 1905 | 126 | #160 |
| 1904 | 124 | #154 |
| 1903 | 114 | #156 |
| 1902 | 135 | #141 |
| 1901 | 120 | #138 |
| 1900 | 131 | #160 |
| 1899 | 94 | #160 |
| 1898 | 115 | #147 |
| 1897 | 111 | #144 |
| 1896 | 111 | #148 |
| 1895 | 99 | #158 |
| 1894 | 101 | #152 |
| 1893 | 85 | #170 |
| 1892 | 98 | #161 |
| 1891 | 64 | #194 |
| 1890 | 93 | #151 |
| 1889 | 112 | #126 |
| 1888 | 83 | #177 |
| 1887 | 71 | #177 |
| 1886 | 73 | #182 |
| 1885 | 82 | #162 |
| 1884 | 67 | #199 |
| 1883 | 69 | #177 |
| 1882 | 74 | #182 |
| 1881 | 76 | #159 |
| 1880 | 89 | #153 |
Nicknames for Sylvester
- Sly
- Syl
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