The name Sylvester is of Latin origin, and means woodsy or of the woods.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Sylvester has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Sylvester
Use of the Name Sylvester for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
40,769
11,757
2,628
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Sylvester has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Sylvester last appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1994, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Sylvester
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
153
89
1881
162
76
1882
183
74
1883
177
69
1884
201
67
1885
164
82
1886
187
73
1887
179
71
1888
180
83
1889
127
112
1890
153
93
1891
198
64
1892
162
98
1893
170
85
1894
152
101
1895
158
99
1896
152
110
1897
144
111
1898
148
115
1899
163
94
1900
161
131
1901
139
120
1902
141
135
1903
156
114
1904
155
124
1905
163
125
1906
159
125
1907
149
151
1908
143
165
1909
164
151
1910
153
201
1911
153
219
1912
166
349
1913
157
463
1914
164
539
1915
164
707
1916
171
716
1917
175
711
1918
172
769
1919
173
749
1920
175
801
1921
185
760
1922
195
709
1923
191
726
1924
199
702
1925
203
689
1926
201
690
1927
219
609
1928
221
596
1929
224
572
1930
219
594
1931
226
523
1932
217
558
1933
232
496
1934
230
502
1935
224
529
1936
238
475
1937
245
477
1938
237
500
1939
243
475
1940
257
464
1941
237
538
1942
267
496
1943
270
501
1944
249
537
1945
261
499
1946
278
532
1947
275
608
1948
276
587
1949
277
589
1950
259
636
1951
266
638
1952
282
599
1953
274
645
1954
280
630
1955
283
644
1956
297
619
1957
311
602
1958
320
579
1959
327
560
1960
347
504
1961
349
517
1962
374
463
1963
371
458
1964
409
386
1965
397
389
1966
425
324
1967
440
295
1968
473
257
1969
497
242
1970
514
246
1971
474
290
1972
531
224
1973
503
241
1974
575
196
1975
545
217
1976
593
189
1977
571
217
1978
562
222
1979
543
248
1980
612
204
1981
582
214
1982
582
219
1983
634
182
1984
585
209
1985
633
193
1986
634
201
1987
652
198
1988
666
203
1989
710
193
1990
713
203
1991
905
135
1992
1993
904
142
1994
962
132
Totals:
40,769
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Sylvester as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Sylvester appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 114 times during the last 125 years.