Sylvanas

#14,735 in 2025Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded; Latin origin

Sylvanas has been given to 76 babies in the U.S. since 2016. In 2025 it ranked #14,735 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Sylvanas, 2025

1 in 553,000

Sylvanas over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Sylvanas: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded; Latin origin

Latin

What Sylvanas means

Sylvanas is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Sylvanas is used in English. Its origins include Latin.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 76 girls were recorded with the name Sylvanas between 2016 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2022; its best national rank was #10,308 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #14,904 in 2020 to #14,735 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Sylvanas?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 553,000; 6 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 268,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #14,735; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 382,984 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Sylvanas sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sylvanas. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sylvanass were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sylvanas was born before 2020 — so the typical Sylvanas is around 5 today.

Median birth year: 2020; About 5 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 57.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 76; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 57.9% of all recorded uses (44).

Is Sylvanas rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +2,667; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +169; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 60.0%; Peak was 2022 (10)
Years since peak: 3; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 21.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #10,308; 2022

Spellings of Sylvanas

Sylvanas is not the most common spelling — Silvana is, with 62.7% against Sylvanas's 2.0%.

Silvana62.7%2,420
Sylvana21.2%817
Sylvania14.1%546
Sylvanas2.0%76

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Sylvanas by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #14,735
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 169
Best rank ever: #10,308; 2022
Peak year: 2022; 10 that year
First recorded: 2016
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 76
Count in 2025: 6

Names similar to Sylvanas

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sylviana Sylphrena Sylvesta Sylvee Sylvette Sylvan Sylas Sylver Sylvianna Sylvina Sylphiette Syleena Sylah Sylvanna Sylinda Sylivia Sylvana Syler Sylwia Sylvania Sylphie Sylina Sylvene Athenas

Sibling names for Sylvanas

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Halie Allyssa Karleigh Rhianna Alysa Adelle

For a brother

Aaden Kale Hamilton Evans Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah

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