# Sylvain (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sylvain/  
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 | 92 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 92 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5 | 4,591 |
| 1964 | 5 | 4,543 |
| 1966 | 7 | 3,505 |
| 1967 | 10 | 2,750 |
| 1968 | 6 | 4,095 |
| 1971 | 6 | 4,852 |
| 1972 | 5 | 5,654 |
| 1973 | 8 | 4,017 |
| 1983 | 5 | 7,203 |
| 1989 | 5 | 9,071 |
| 1993 | 5 | 9,971 |
| 1995 | 5 | 10,134 |
| 1996 | 5 | 10,351 |
| 2021 | 5 | 13,828 |
| 2025 | 5 | 13,657 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 2,863 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |

## People named Sylvain

- Sylvain Wiltord, French footballer (born 1974)
- Sylvain Distin, French footballer (born 1977)
- Sylvain Chavanel, French cyclist
- Sylvain Maréchal, French writer and philosopher (1750-1803)
- Sylvain Arend, Belgian astronomer (1902–1992)
- Sylvain Marveaux, French footballer (born 1986)
- Sylvain Armand, French association football player
- Sylvain Chomet, French comic writer, animator, and film director (born 1963)
- Sylvain Lévi, French orientalist and indologist (1863–1935)
- Sylvain Tesson, French writer
- Sylvain Van de Weyer, Belgian politician and ambassador to Britain (1802-1874)
- Sylvain André, French bicycle motocross rider

## 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.