Silvester
Saint Sylvester's Day, also known as Silvester or the Feast of Saint Sylvester, is the day of the feast of Pope Sylvester I, a saint who served as Pope from 314 to 335. Medieval legend made him responsible for the conversion of emperor Constantine.
- Slovak
- Slovene
- Serbian
- German
Meaning & Origin of Silvester
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Saint Sylvester's Day, also known as Silvester or the Feast of Saint Sylvester, is the day of the feast of Pope Sylvester I, a saint who served as Pope from 314 to 335. Medieval legend made him responsible for the conversion of emperor Constantine.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Slovak
- Slovene
- Serbian
- German
- English
- Ancient Roman
The Story of Silvester
American parents first put Silvester on the record books as a baby boy name in 1884, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1960, when 32 Silvesters were born — ranking #1,401 that year. Silvester last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Silvester
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Names that sound like Silvester
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About the name Silvester
Silvester is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1884 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Silvester's peak popularity came in 1960 when it ranked #1,401. Use the chart and map above to compare Silvester's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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