girls:
280 births since 1959
#5436 (5th percentile)
overall:
280 births since 1959
#7459 (4th percentile)
The name Sylvanna is the #7,459 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 280 recorded births since 1959. This represents the 3.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,436 (4.9% percentile) for all time with 280 births since 1959.
Sylvanna first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1959 (first recorded for girls in 1959). Birth data for Sylvanna is available in 35 out of the 65 years between 1959 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 girls, Sylvanna reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #850) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Sylvanna ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 39.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sylvanna".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Sylvanna. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 88.9% confident that Sylvanna is pronounced as sihl-VA-nuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is sihl-VUH-nuh, at 11.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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