boys:
31 births since 1992
#4555 (1st percentile)
overall:
31 births since 1992
#7708 (0th percentile)
The name Silvanus is the #7,708 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 31 recorded births since 1992. This represents the 0.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,555 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 31 births since 1992.
Silvanus first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1992 (first recorded for boys in 1992). Birth data for Silvanus is available in 5 out of the 32 years between 1992 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Silvanus reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #926) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Silvanus ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 68.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Silvanus".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Silvanus. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 44.1% confident that Silvanus is pronounced as sihl-VAY-nuhs, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SIHL-vuh-nuhs, at 23.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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