Sylar
Sylar was the 7134th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 2009, when it ranked 1716th with 91 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,727 places. More babies were named Sylar in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,134 boys, down 3,415 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 12boys
- Girls and boys
- 7% girls, 93% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 200991 babies
- Total since 1880
- 881babies recorded
Sylar popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | — | #7,134 | — | 12 |
| 2020 | #17,247 | #3,719 | 5 | 29 |
| 2010 | — | #1,896 | — | 76 |
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How popular is Sylar, counting every spelling?
Sylar has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Sylar?
12 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Sylar (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Sylar born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 705 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Sylar.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Sylar?
About 800 people born in the US named Sylar are alive today, with a median age of 13; half are between 10 and 16. That makes Sylar mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
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Questions about the name Sylar
How popular is the name Sylar?
Sylar was the 7134th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 2009, when it ranked 1716th with 91 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,727 places. More babies were named Sylar in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Sylar a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 7% girls, 93% boys given the name Sylar in the US.