Sylus Boy
How popular is Sylus?
#2,167 boy name in 2025
66 baby boys were named Sylus in the US in 2025, making it the 2167th most popular boy name.
Sylus popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,167 for boys (▲ 470 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 66 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+6% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,189 in 2015, #2,113 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2013 (84 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,732 in 2013 |
| First recorded | 1998 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Sylus counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Silas family of names ranked #64 for boys in 2025 (#74 the year before), with 5,500 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Silas | 4,639 | 84% |
| Sylas | 717 | 13% |
| Sylus | 66 | 1% |
| Sylis | 63 | 1% |
| Silus | 10 | 0% |
| Syles | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Sylus is most popular
Babies named Sylus per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (33 boys)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (15 boys)
- Washington: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Ohio: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 boys)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Sylus by decade
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Questions
- Is Sylus a boy or girl name?
- Sylus is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Sylus were boys.
- How popular is the name Sylus?
- 66 baby boys were named Sylus in the US in 2025, making it the 2167th most popular boy name.
- When was Sylus most popular?
- Sylus peaked in 2013, when 84 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,732 in 2013.
- How many people are named Sylus?
- 1,244 babies have been named Sylus in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,235 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Sylus most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Sylus was most common in Texas, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.