Is Sylar a boy or girl name?

Sylar is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 881 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 6.5% were girls and 93.5% were boys.

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Sylar

Recorded 2006–2025 · United States

Sylar was most popular in 2009, when 91 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,824 that year. In 2025 it ranked #14,309, with 12 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 881 people named Sylar.

Sylar over time

Births per year. The dot marks Sylar’s peak in 2009. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Sylar a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Sylar is mostly a boy’s name — 6.5% of the 881 Americans given it were girls and 93.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 10% girls and 90% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org