Name meaning & stats
Sylvia
Sylvia means “of the forest” (Latin origin). 150,405 US babies since 1940, peak 1957.
What it means
“of the forest”
LatinWell documented
A form of Silvia.
In US birth records
Peak year: 1957
150,405 US babies were named Sylvia between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Sylvia (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: 88% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1957)