Masculine dossier · first seen 1884

Silvester

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Silvester
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1960

Peak era

1960

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Boomer

1884Peak 19602024

Peak year

1960

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

1,306

Silvester is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1960, when 32 boys were named Silvester.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 1,306 Americans have been named Silvester and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1884.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1960

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