Sylva
Sylva is a name with multiple cultural origins: Czech, Literature.
- Czech
- Literature
Meaning & Origin of Sylva
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sylva is a name with multiple cultural origins: Czech, Literature.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Czech
- Literature
The Story of Sylva
American parents first put Sylva on the record books as a baby girl name in 1886, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1919, when 31 Sylvas were born — ranking #1,393 that year. About 24% of every Sylva on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Sylva last appeared in the published SSA data in 2014, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 883 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Sylva
Sylva is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1886 and has accumulated 883 births in the dataset. Sylva's peak popularity came in 1919 when it ranked #1,393. Use the chart and map above to compare Sylva'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.