girls:
57 births since 2007
#5659 (1st percentile)
boys:
800 births since 2006
#3787 (17th percentile)
overall:
857 births since 2006
#6882 (11th percentile)
The name Sylar is the #6,882 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 857 recorded births since 2006. This represents the 11.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,787 (17.4% percentile) for all time with 800 births since 2006. For girls, it ranks #5,659 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 57 births since 2007.
Sylar first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2006 (2006 for boys and 2007 for girls).
The name Sylar has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 93.3% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 64.3% of babies named Sylar were boys.
For boys, Sylar reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 9.6% percentile (ranked #815) with 43 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 43 births per million (ranked 9.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2013, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Sylar ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 11.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Sylar reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #938) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Sylar ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 79.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sylar".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Sylar. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 87.5% confident that Sylar is pronounced as SAI-ler, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SEE-ler, at 12.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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