Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Sylvester

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

Endangered Down 91.2% from peak

Peak era

1920

Peak rank proxy

807

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19202024

Peak year

1920

Decline from peak

91.2%

2024

All-time

43,165

Sylvester once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1920, when 807 boys were named Sylvester.

In 2024, only 71 boys were given the name.

Down 91.2% from its peak.

All told, about 43,165 Americans have been named Sylvester and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 91.2% from peak

1920807 boys named Sylvester

202471 boys named Sylvester

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