Is Sylus a boy or girl name?

Sylus is a boy’s name. Of the 1,244 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Sylus

Recorded 1998–2025 · United States

Sylus was most popular in 2013, when 84 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,878 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,625, with 66 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,244 people named Sylus.

Sylus over time

Births per year. The dot marks Sylus’s peak in 2013. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Sylus a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Sylus is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 1,244 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Sylus

Where Sylus is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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