Sylwester

maleStatistical record

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

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

Sylwester: Recorded since 1960, it reached #252 in 1978, and it stood at #4,608 in 2020.

3registrars recorded it
36times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#252highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2007–2020

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2007	#4333
2011	#3830
2012	#3416
2016	#4810
2018	#4749
2020	#4608

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 28 of the 39 years from 1960 to 1998.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1960–2020 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1960
First recorded at #493 among boys in Norway in 1960 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1960–1998
Highest recorded position: #252 among boys in Norway, in 1978 (recorded 1960–1998).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2020
Most recently recorded at #4608 among boys in England and Wales, in 2020.
England and Wales · Boys

Sylwester appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1960, and has registered 267 births with the name.

Sylwester across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Sylwester's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#493 (1960)	#252 (1978)	#590 (1998)	28 of 39	267 (1960–1998)	21 (1978)
England and Wales · Boys	#4333 (2007)	#3416 (2012)	#4608 (2020)	6 of 14	21 (2007–2020)	5 (2012)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#711 (2013)	#710 (2017)	#710 (2017)	2 of 5	6 (2013–2017)	3 (2013)

Sylwester by decade in Norway · 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 Sylwester in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	30	6 of 10	5
1970sbusiest	117	9 of 10	13
1980s	100	9 of 10	11
1990s	20	4 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Sylwester appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1960 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #252 in Norway in 1978.

Sylwester'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
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#590	4	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#567	5	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#547	6	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#593	5	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#599	5	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#595	5	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#379	12	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#598	5	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#344	14	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#339	14	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#454	9	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#275	18	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#282	18	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#418	10	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#252	21	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#319	14	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#368	12	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#268	18	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#312	15	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#361	12	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#456	8	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#488	7	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#491	6	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#470	6	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#504	5	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#525	4	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#449	5	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1960 and 2020, ranked in 36 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #252, first reached in 1978.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in Norway in 1978.

Its record falls into 11 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 53 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Sylvia · #111, 81y
Sylvie · #211, 30y
Sylwia · #150, 37y
Synne · #30, 61y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, 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.

Leanna · #253, 41y
Kris · #254, 39y
Alessandro · #256, 31y
Adelina · #247, 34y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Breeda · #252, 19y
Ma · #252, 36y
Rhoda · #252, 38y
Samanta · #252, 30y

Sylwester was ranked #252 in Norway · Boys in 1978. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Sylwester 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 Sylwester without appearing here.

Sylwester moved ahead of

Ronald Compare
In 1985 they stood at #598 and #479 in Norway · Boys; by 1986 that had become #379 and #593.
Francis Compare
In 1990 they stood at #595 and #359 in Norway · Boys; by 1991 that had become #547 and #612.
Harry Compare
In 1990 they stood at #593 and #396 in Norway · Boys; by 1991 that had become #547 and #575.

Moved ahead of Sylwester

Lukas Compare
In 1986 they stood at #379 and #435 in Norway · Boys; by 1987 that had become #595 and #328.
Ulrik Compare
In 1986 they stood at #379 and #486 in Norway · Boys; by 1987 that had become #595 and #373.
Scott Compare
In 1991 they stood at #547 and #594 in Norway · Boys; by 1992 that had become #567 and #353.
Tobias Compare
In 1981 they stood at #275 and #301 in Norway · Boys; by 1982 that had become #454 and #268.

Moved the opposite way to Sylwester

Kasper Compare
Between 1973 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Sylwester went from #361 to #590 while Kasper went from #549 to #92.
Lucas Compare
Between 1976 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Sylwester went from #368 to #590 while Lucas went from #607 to #209.
Lukas Compare
Between 1977 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Sylwester went from #319 to #590 while Lukas went from #615 to #160.
Theodor Compare
Between 1978 and 1998 in Norway · Boys, Sylwester went from #252 to #590 while Theodor went from #586 to #162.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1960 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #252 in Norway in 1978. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Sylwester

Sylwester at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sylwester across 3 official records

Sylwester by decade in Norway · Boys

Sylwester appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Sylwester

Sylwester and the names beside it

Sylwester moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sylwester

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Sylwester at a glance

Sylwester across 3 official records

Sylwester by decade in Norway · Boys

Sylwester appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Sylwester

Sylwester and the names beside it

Sylwester moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sylwester

Moved the opposite way to Sylwester