The baby name Sylvia appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 2024. It was most popular in 1937 with 5,877 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Sylvia has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 1,270 |
| 1911 | 1,467 |
| 1912 | 1,968 |
| 1913 | 2,432 |
| 1914 | 3,053 |
| 1915 | 3,946 |
| 1916 | 4,118 |
| 1917 | 4,224 |
| 1918 | 4,476 |
| 1919 | 4,006 |
| 1920 | 3,992 |
| 1921 | 3,920 |
| 1922 | 3,233 |
| 1923 | 3,960 |
| 1924 | 3,940 |
| 1925 | 3,807 |
| 1926 | 3,707 |
| 1927 | 3,546 |
| 1928 | 3,397 |
| 1929 | 3,022 |
| 1930 | 2,747 |
| 1931 | 2,524 |
| 1932 | 3,348 |
| 1933 | 3,951 |
| 1934 | 4,398 |
| 1935 | 5,137 |
| 1936 | 5,489 |
| 1937 | 5,877 |
| 1938 | 5,809 |
| 1939 | 4,547 |
| 1940 | 4,667 |
| 1941 | 4,239 |
| 1942 | 3,998 |
| 1943 | 4,844 |
| 1944 | 3,460 |
| 1945 | 3,503 |
| 1946 | 4,218 |
| 1947 | 4,339 |
| 1948 | 3,790 |
| 1949 | 3,922 |
| 1950 | 3,685 |
| 1951 | 4,375 |
| 1952 | 4,587 |
| 1953 | 4,534 |
| 1954 | 4,644 |
| 1955 | 4,459 |
| 1956 | 4,602 |
| 1956 | 10 |
| 1957 | 4,963 |
| 1958 | 4,764 |
| 1959 | 4,376 |
| 1959 | 12 |
| 1960 | 4,350 |
| 1961 | 4,440 |
| 1962 | 5,009 |
| 1963 | 2,654 |
| 1964 | 2,521 |
| 1965 | 2,535 |
| 1966 | 2,121 |
| 1967 | 1,781 |
| 1968 | 2,092 |
| 1969 | 1,881 |
| 1970 | 1,832 |
| 1971 | 1,640 |
| 1972 | 1,423 |
| 1973 | 1,292 |
| 1974 | 1,317 |
| 1975 | 1,103 |
| 1976 | 1,031 |
| 1977 | 996 |
| 1978 | 971 |
| 1979 | 961 |
| 1980 | 923 |
| 1981 | 908 |
| 1982 | 915 |
| 1983 | 996 |
| 1984 | 990 |
| 1985 | 930 |
| 1986 | 937 |
| 1987 | 963 |
| 1988 | 951 |
| 1989 | 894 |
| 1990 | 612 |
| 1991 | 787 |
| 1992 | 615 |
| 1993 | 547 |
| 1994 | 564 |
| 1995 | 509 |
| 1996 | 498 |
| 1997 | 527 |
| 1998 | 510 |
| 1999 | 420 |
| 2000 | 493 |
| 2001 | 439 |
| 2002 | 522 |
| 2003 | 462 |
| 2004 | 625 |
| 2005 | 648 |
| 2006 | 649 |
| 2007 | 689 |
| 2008 | 587 |
| 2009 | 569 |
| 2010 | 520 |
| 2011 | 580 |
| 2012 | 613 |
| 2013 | 633 |
| 2014 | 670 |
| 2015 | 761 |
| 2016 | 719 |
| 2017 | 782 |
| 2018 | 657 |
| 2019 | 684 |
| 2020 | 675 |
| 2021 | 764 |
| 2022 | 860 |
| 2023 | 848 |
| 2024 | 988 |