Masculine dossier · first seen 1998

Sylus

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2013

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1998Peak 20132024

Peak year

2013

Decline from peak

40.5%

2024

All-time

1,178

Sylus has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2013, when 84 boys were named Sylus.

In 2024, only 50 boys were given the name.

Down 40.5% from its peak.

All told, about 1,178 Americans have been named Sylus and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1998.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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