girls:
53 births since 2011
#5663 (1st percentile)
boys:
7.5k births since 1975
#1364 (70th percentile)
overall:
7.6k births since 1975
#3100 (60th percentile)
The name Sylas is the #3,100 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 7,573 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 59.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 59.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,364 (70.3% percentile) for all time with 7,520 births since 1975. For girls, it ranks #5,663 (0.9% percentile) for all time with 53 births since 2011.
Sylas first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (1975 for boys and 2011 for girls). Birth data for Sylas is available in 41 out of the 49 years between 1975 and 2023 (41 years for boys and 8 years for girls). 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.
The name Sylas has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.3% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Sylas reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 54.2% percentile (ranked #418) with 359 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 359 births per million (ranked 54.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Sylas is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #418 (54.2% percentile) with 359 births per million.
For girls, Sylas reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #942) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Sylas is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #942 (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sylas".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Sylas. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 86.5% confident that Sylas is pronounced as SAI-luhs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SEE-luhs, at 13.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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