Name meaning & stats
Sylvester
Sylvester means “of the woods” (Latin origin). 22,857 US babies since 1940, peak 1950.
What it means
“of the woods”
LatinWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1950
22,857 US babies were named Sylvester between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Sylvester (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 89% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1950)