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How popular is the name Silvester?
Births per year, rank history and how many Silvesters are alive today.
Silvester (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Sylvester in England and Wales, ranked 5120th in 2024 and given to 3 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2007, when 3 babies were given the name, the 4333rd most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Sylvester you are most likely to meet is around 4 years old. Half of all Sylvesters born in England and Wales are between 5 and 21, and there are at least 280 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Sylvester - on average, only one in every 1,083 such rooms contains a Sylvester.
How many babies are named Silvester each year?
Includes all spellings: Silvester, Sylvester. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Silvester spelling rank?
Where does the Sylvester spelling rank?
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.
Common questions
When was the name Silvester most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Sylvester, peaked in 2021, when 20 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Silvester spelling itself peaked in 2007, with 3 babies.
How many people are called Silvester?
At least 280 people named Silvester in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Silvester?
Most living Silvesters are between 5 and 21; the most common age is about 4.
Is Silvester becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.