Sylvie Girl
How popular is Sylvie?
#282 girl name in 2025
1,096 baby girls were named Sylvie in the US in 2025, making it the 282nd most popular girl name.
Sylvie popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #282 for girls (▲ 74 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,096 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+412% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,175 in 2015, #772 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (1,096 girls) |
| Highest rank | #282 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1909 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.8% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Sylvie counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Sylvie family of names ranked #284 for girls in 2025 (#348 the year before), with 1,149 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Sylvie | 1,096 | 95% |
| Sylvi | 24 | 2% |
| Silvie | 22 | 2% |
| Sylvee | 7 | 1% |
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 Sylvie is most popular
Babies named Sylvie per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- North Dakota: 3.0 per 1,000 (40 girls)
- South Dakota: 2.4 per 1,000 (34 girls)
- Vermont: 2.3 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Minnesota: 1.8 per 1,000 (197 girls)
- Montana: 1.6 per 1,000 (22 girls)
Sylvie by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #2,208 |
| 1910s | 22 | #3,793 |
| 1920s | 11 | #4,284 |
| 1930s | 17 | #3,447 |
| 1940s | 17 | #4,343 |
| 1950s | 97 | #2,505 |
| 1960s | 242 | #1,768 |
| 1970s | 145 | #3,014 |
| 1980s | 159 | #4,147 |
| 1990s | 285 | #2,871 |
| 2000s | 883 | #1,660 |
| 2010s | 2,271 | #869 |
| 2020s | 4,290 | #282 |
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Questions
- Is Sylvie a boy or girl name?
- Sylvie is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Sylvie were girls.
- How popular is the name Sylvie?
- 1,096 baby girls were named Sylvie in the US in 2025, making it the 282nd most popular girl name.
- When was Sylvie most popular?
- Sylvie peaked in 2025, when 1,096 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #282 in 2025.
- How many people are named Sylvie?
- 8,444 babies have been named Sylvie in the US since 1880. We estimate about 8,301 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 6.
- Where is Sylvie most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Sylvie was most common in North Dakota, at 3.0 of every 1,000 girls 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.