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How popular is “Sylva” in the USA?

Number of people named “Sylva” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Sylva” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Sylva” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Sylva” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Sylva” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Sylva” by birth year

This chart shows how “Sylva” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1886 6 0.0000235 6 100%
1888 8 0.000026714 8 100%
1890 5 0.000016589 5 100%
1891 10 0.000034883 10 100%
1892 5 0.000014953 5 100%
1893 5 0.000015374 5 100%
1894 8 0.00002362 8 100%
1895 6 0.000017093 6 100%
1896 6 0.000016784 6 100%
1897 8 0.000023058 8 100%
1898 9 0.000023594 9 100%
1899 11 0.000032426 11 100%
1900 7 0.000015547 7 100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 100%
1902 10 0.000025858 10 100%
1903 8 0.000020986 8 100%
1904 10 0.000024784 10 100%
1905 12 0.000028307 12 100%
1906 10 0.00002334 10 100%
1907 14 0.000030082 14 100%
1908 5 0.000010232 5 100%
1909 13 0.000025429 13 100%
1910 13 0.000022007 13 100%
1911 15 0.000023282 15 100%
1912 16 0.000016193 16 100%
1913 24 0.000021106 24 100%
1914 21 0.000014827 21 100%
1915 19 0.000010369 19 100%
1916 27 0.000013958 27 100%
1917 19 0.000009468 19 100%
1918 30 0.000013818 25 5 67%
1919 31 0.00001469 31 100%
1920 37 0.000016353 31 6 68%
1921 22 0.000009424 22 100%
1922 23 0.000010047 23 100%
1923 20 0.000008686 20 100%
1924 25 0.000010497 25 100%
1925 27 0.000011572 27 100%
1926 18 0.00000784 18 100%
1927 21 0.000009054 21 100%
1928 16 0.000007077 16 100%
1929 13 0.00000593 13 100%
1930 10 0.000004498 10 100%
1931 14 0.000006653 14 100%
1932 11 0.00000521 11 100%
1933 6 0.000003001 6 100%
1934 19 0.000009149 12 7 26%
1935 19 0.000009091 19 100%
1936 15 0.00000722 15 100%
1937 16 0.000007509 16 100%
1938 20 0.000009039 20 100%
1939 13 0.0000059 13 100%
1940 7 0.00000304 7 100%
1941 9 0.000003694 9 100%
1943 5 0.000001771 5 100%
1944 7 0.000002602 7 100%
1946 8 0.000002504 8 100%
1947 12 0.000003331 12 100%
1948 5 0.000001448 5 100%
1949 7 0.000002009 7 100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 100%
1952 5 0.000001316 5 100%
1953 5 0.000001297 5 100%
1954 9 0.000002261 9 100%
1957 7 0.000001666 7 100%
1960 7 0.000001685 7 100%
1961 6 0.000001448 6 100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 100%
1967 7 0.000002062 7 100%
1970 5 0.000001386 5 100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 100%
2014 5 0.000001349 5 100%

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