Slyvester

Boy · recorded 1927–1995

  • 1995last recorded
  • 1929best year

Most popular in 1929.

Last recorded in 1995. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Slyvester.

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Its story

Popularity since 1927

04719271944196119781995

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 24 recorded years as a table
Slyvester, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19274
19297
19375
19404
19484
19524
19552
19582
19594
19604
19612
19645
19653
19663
19674
19723
19734
19744
19774
19785
19795
19803
19943
19953

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Slyvester isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1995
5
Rank in 1995
#8,868
How rare
1 in 380,740 boys
Since 1927
151

Slyvester was last recorded in 1995. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1929, at 7 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Slyvester doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.