Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Silvester” in the USA?

Number of people named “Silvester” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Silvester” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Silvester” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Silvester” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Silvester” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Silvester” by birth year

This chart shows how “Silvester” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1884 7 0.000028752 7 -100%
1887 6 0.000024253 6 -100%
1900 6 0.000013326 6 -100%
1901 5 0.000014459 5 -100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 -100%
1904 5 0.000012392 5 -100%
1906 5 0.00001167 5 -100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1910 12 0.000020315 12 -100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 -100%
1912 9 0.000009109 9 -100%
1913 9 0.000007915 9 -100%
1914 15 0.000010591 15 -100%
1915 14 0.00000764 14 -100%
1916 17 0.000008788 17 -100%
1917 15 0.000007475 15 -100%
1918 14 0.000006448 14 -100%
1919 21 0.000009951 21 -100%
1920 26 0.000011491 26 -100%
1921 19 0.000008139 19 -100%
1922 19 0.0000083 19 -100%
1923 31 0.000013464 31 -100%
1924 20 0.000008398 20 -100%
1925 24 0.000010286 24 -100%
1926 14 0.000006098 14 -100%
1927 20 0.000008623 20 -100%
1928 18 0.000007961 18 -100%
1929 27 0.000012317 27 -100%
1930 19 0.000008546 19 -100%
1931 14 0.000006653 14 -100%
1932 16 0.000007578 16 -100%
1933 13 0.000006502 13 -100%
1934 13 0.00000626 13 -100%
1935 11 0.000005263 11 -100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 -100%
1937 6 0.000002816 6 -100%
1938 12 0.000005424 12 -100%
1939 10 0.000004538 10 -100%
1940 9 0.000003908 9 -100%
1941 10 0.000004104 10 -100%
1942 5 0.00000183 5 -100%
1943 12 0.000004251 12 -100%
1944 12 0.000004461 12 -100%
1945 17 0.000006408 17 -100%
1946 11 0.000003443 11 -100%
1947 13 0.000003609 13 -100%
1948 14 0.000004055 14 -100%
1950 10 0.000002854 10 -100%
1951 15 0.000004072 15 -100%
1952 19 0.000005003 19 -100%
1953 16 0.000004152 16 -100%
1954 21 0.000005275 21 -100%
1955 22 0.000005479 22 -100%
1956 20 0.000004851 20 -100%
1957 14 0.000003332 14 -100%
1958 16 0.00000387 16 -100%
1959 17 0.000004089 17 -100%
1960 32 0.000007704 32 -100%
1961 26 0.000006277 26 -100%
1962 20 0.000004956 20 -100%
1963 29 0.000007327 29 -100%
1964 15 0.000003858 15 -100%
1965 14 0.000003862 14 -100%
1966 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1967 9 0.000002651 9 -100%
1968 11 0.000003256 11 -100%
1969 10 0.000002877 10 -100%
1970 11 0.00000305 11 -100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 -100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 -100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 -100%
1974 8 0.000002632 8 -100%
1975 9 0.000002981 9 -100%
1976 7 0.000002307 7 -100%
1977 13 0.000004093 13 -100%
1978 8 0.000002521 8 -100%
1979 8 0.000002405 8 -100%
1980 7 0.000002032 7 -100%
1981 14 0.000004047 14 -100%
1983 7 0.000002021 7 -100%
1984 13 0.000003726 13 -100%
1985 14 0.000003923 14 -100%
1986 11 0.000003092 11 -100%
1987 10 0.000002773 10 -100%
1988 15 0.000004059 15 -100%
1989 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
1990 10 0.00000253 10 -100%
1991 12 0.000003081 12 -100%
1992 9 0.000002343 9 -100%
1993 12 0.000003183 12 -100%
1994 10 0.00000269 10 -100%
1996 8 0.000002193 8 -100%
1997 12 0.00000331 12 -100%
1998 6 0.000001631 6 -100%
1999 9 0.000002436 9 -100%
2000 5 0.000001323 5 -100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 -100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 -100%
2003 8 0.000002104 8 -100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2005 6 0.000001561 6 -100%
2006 9 0.000002275 9 -100%
2007 9 0.000002251 9 -100%
2010 5 0.000001353 5 -100%
2015 6 0.000001621 6 -100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 -100%

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  6. Silvester (this page)
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  10. Silvi
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