Sylvesta
The Story of Sylvesta
As a girl name
American parents first put Sylvesta on the record books as a girl name in 1903, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1903, when 7 Sylvestas were born — ranking #1,440 that year. About 47% of every Sylvesta on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Sylvesta last appeared in the published SSA data in 1928, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 45 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Sylvesta on the record books as a boy name in 1919, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1930, when 6 Sylvestas were born — ranking #3,592 that year. About 42% of every Sylvesta on record arrived during the 1930s, its defining decade. Sylvesta last appeared in the published SSA data in 1936, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 26 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Sylvesta
Sylvesta is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1903 and has accumulated 45 births in the dataset. Sylvesta's peak popularity came in 1903 when it ranked #1,440. Use the chart and map above to compare Sylvesta'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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