Sylvan

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Sylvan: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Sylvan: Recorded since 1999, its highest recorded position is #2,263, reached in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#2263highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1999–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#2943
2006	#2870
2007	#4333
2010	#4678
2012	#4805
2013	#4685
2016	#4023
2017	#3996
2018	#3011
2020	#3848
2021	#3451
2022	#2529
2023	#3112
2024	#2263

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 14 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #2943 among boys in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1999–2024
Highest recorded position: #2263 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1999–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2263 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Sylvan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Sylvan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	8	2 of 10	4
2010s	23	6 of 10	4
2020sbusiest	33	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Sylvan appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2263 in England and Wales in 2024.

Sylvan's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2263	10	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2529	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1999 and 2024, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,263, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
6 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#2,263position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
10births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Great · #2263, 11y
Haniel · #2263, 10y
Hriday · #2263, 14y
Louay · #2263, 11y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Indra · #2266, 22y
Metehan · #2266, 12y
Shehryar · #2266, 12y
Ellias · #2259, 16y

Sylvan and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Sylvan without appearing here.

Sylvan moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2263 and #5119.
Even Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3848 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2529 and #4789.
Ole Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3451 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2529 and #4789.

Moved ahead of Sylvan

Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2529 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #1461.
Aksel Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2870 and #4052 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #4333 and #3589.

Moved the opposite way to Sylvan

Espen Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sylvan went from #4678 to #2263 while Espen went from #2941 to #5119.

Moved the same way as Sylvan

Matheo Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sylvan went from #4333 to #2263 and Matheo from #4333 to #1517.
Braxton Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sylvan went from #4678 to #2263 and Braxton from #4678 to #2088.
Gunnar Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Sylvan went from #4678 to #2263 and Gunnar from #4678 to #2443.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2263 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sylvan

Sylvan at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sylvan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Sylvan at a glance

Sylvan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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