Sylwia
Sylwia is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Sylwia Ejdys, Polish middle-distance runner Sylwia Gliwa, Polish actress Sylwia Gruchała, Polish fencer Sylwia Jaśkowiec, Polish cross-country skier Sylwia Julito, Polish Olympic fencer Sylwia Korzeniowska, Polish race walker Sylwia Nowak, Polish ice dancer Sylwia Parys, Polish singer Sylwia Pusz, Polish politician
- Polish
Meaning & Origin of Sylwia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sylwia is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Sylwia Ejdys, Polish middle-distance runner Sylwia Gliwa, Polish actress Sylwia Gruchała, Polish fencer Sylwia Jaśkowiec, Polish cross-country skier Sylwia Julito, Polish Olympic fencer Sylwia Korzeniowska, Polish race walker Sylwia Nowak, Polish ice dancer Sylwia Parys, Polish singer Sylwia Pusz, Polish politician
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Polish
The Story of Sylwia
American parents first put Sylwia on the record books as a baby girl name in 1986, with 12 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1996, when 15 Sylwias were born — ranking #6,064 that year. About 76% of every Sylwia on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Sylwia last appeared in the published SSA data in 2005, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 119 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Sylwia
Sylwia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1986 and has accumulated 119 births in the dataset. Sylwia's peak popularity came in 1996 when it ranked #6,064. Use the chart and map above to compare Sylwia'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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