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How popular is the name Silvie?

Births per year, rank history and how many Silvies are alive today.

Silvie (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Sylvie in England and Wales, ranked 5927th in 2025 and given to 3 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2021, when 9 babies were given the name, the 2711th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2010, with 8 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 2021; the 2025 figure is roughly 33% of its peak.

Across all spellings of the name, the Sylvie you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Sylvies born in England and Wales are between 3 and 15, and there are at least 2,600 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Sylvie - on average, only one in every 122 such rooms contains a Sylvie.

How many babies are named Silvie each year?

Includes all spellings: Silvie, Sylvie. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

0100200200020201996: 101997: 111998: 131999: 172000: 152001: 222002: 212003: 262004: 372005: 382006: 692007: 552008: 632009: 792010: 912011: 752012: 942013: 982014: 982015: 1262016: 1002017: 1222018: 1042019: 1202020: 1062021: 1462022: 1612023: 1772024: 2372025: 273actual

Where does the Silvie spelling rank?

1101001,00010,00020202003: ranked 4,3732006: ranked 3,1162007: ranked 5,2012008: ranked 4,5242010: ranked 2,8432011: ranked 5,7852012: ranked 4,8382014: ranked 5,6912015: ranked 3,6152016: ranked 4,0962017: ranked 4,0632019: ranked 4,6862020: ranked 3,8992021: ranked 2,7112022: ranked 3,9712023: ranked 5,6882024: ranked 3,0162025: ranked 5,927

Where does the Sylvie spelling rank?

1101001,0002,000200020201996: ranked 1,6461997: ranked 1,5431998: ranked 1,3921999: ranked 1,1602000: ranked 1,2502001: ranked 9622002: ranked 1,0322003: ranked 1,0262004: ranked 7582005: ranked 7562006: ranked 5582007: ranked 6662008: ranked 6322009: ranked 5082010: ranked 4852011: ranked 5622012: ranked 4872013: ranked 4322014: ranked 4602015: ranked 3772016: ranked 4582017: ranked 3862018: ranked 4192019: ranked 3772020: ranked 4192021: ranked 3442022: ranked 2892023: ranked 2592024: ranked 2112025: ranked 186

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Silvie per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 273 in 2025
Silvie: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Silvie most popular?

The most popular form of the name, Sylvie, peaked in 2025, when 273 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Silvie spelling itself peaked in 2021, with 9 babies.

How many people are called Silvie?

At least 2,600 people named Silvie in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Silvie?

Most living Silvies are between 3 and 15; the most common age is about 2.

Is Silvie becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2025 peak.






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