How rare is the name Sylvie?

6,588 people in the United States have the first name Sylvie, about 1 in 45,846. It ranks #3,249 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SYLVIE

#3,249

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,588
About
1 in 45,846
This common or more
82%
Who bears it

Of the 6,588 people named Sylvie, 75.4% reported their origin as White, 11% as Black and 4.6% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Sylvie peaked in 2025, when 1,096 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19092025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
1,096
In 2025*
1,096
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 8,444 babies have been given the name since 1909. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Sylvie by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #887. The largest share of babies named Sylvie, 72.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1900s#4,9315
1910s#8,01122
1920s#11,72211
1930s#9,18817
1940s#9,67317
1950s#5,91797
1960s#3,928242
1970s#6,565145
1980s#7,409159
1990s#6,249285
2000s#3,632883
2010s#2,0152,271
2020s#8874,290
Greatest Generation 1901–270.5%
Silent Generation 1928–450.3%
Baby boom 1946–642.5%
Generation X 1965–803.6%
Millennials 1981–963.6%
Generation Z 1997–1217.5%
2013 and later72.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Sylvie is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sylvie has been most common in Minnesota (3×), Utah (2.9×), and Washington (2.6×), and least common in Kentucky (0.45×).

6,386 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Sylvie

#3,247 Adina · 6,597#3,248 Jaylah · 6,591#3,250 Stephon · 6,586#3,251 Sanford · 6,574

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sylvie, most common first.

#364 Sylvia · 152,900#25,865 Sylvio · 364#28,260 Sylvi · 319

Also a last name

As a last name, Sylvie ranks #142,049 of 156,621, with 120 people. See Sylvie as a last name

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