# Sylas (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sylas/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,966 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8,889 / 77 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 65, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Rare non-standard spelling of Silas.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 19,261 |
| 2016 | 5 | 18,582 |
| 2017 | 5 | 18,158 |
| 2019 | 5 | 17,688 |
| 2020 | 6 | 14,908 |
| 2021 | 8 | 12,083 |
| 2022 | 9 | 11,149 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10,241 |
| 2024 | 9 | 11,012 |
| 2025 | 15 | 7,451 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 377 | 625 |
| 2012 | 389 | 624 |
| 2013 | 508 | 525 |
| 2014 | 382 | 670 |
| 2015 | 439 | 612 |
| 2016 | 416 | 639 |
| 2017 | 390 | 657 |
| 2018 | 421 | 632 |
| 2019 | 442 | 619 |
| 2020 | 472 | 587 |
| 2021 | 551 | 534 |
| 2022 | 627 | 487 |
| 2023 | 662 | 464 |
| 2024 | 637 | 486 |
| 2025 | 717 | 440 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,076 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,133 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.