SYLVIA is ranked as the 258th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 258,056.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 80.93 people named SYLVIA for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named SYLVIA is 151,831.
The SSA data also shows that SYLVIA is used as a girl's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
SYLVIA is
58.2% White,
26.6% Hispanic origin,
10.7% Black,
2.5% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.3% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name SYLVIA have a higher likelyhood of being Hispanic origin and a lower likelyhood of being White.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name SYLVIA is included in the following name categories:
English surname
English feminine given name
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
US feminine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name SYLVIA
The state with the most people named
SYLVIA is
California where
45,439 people have this name.
Texas is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named SYLVIA, as
161.61 in every 100,000
Texans
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Texas.
Texas is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
3 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
South Dakota
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name SYLVIA
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
5,076
39.41
99.2%
Indiana
2,077
31.49
98.4%
Iowa
1,147
36.93
98.2%
Kansas
914
31.48
96.8%
Michigan
5,937
59.91
99.5%
Minnesota
2,447
44.84
99.0%
Missouri
1,722
57.5
98.2%
Nebraska
526
27.94
95.5%
North Dakota
185
25.01
89.1%
Ohio
4,159
35.87
99.0%
South Dakota
203
23.84
89.6%
Wisconsin
2,644
45.93
98.9%
West States
State stats for the first name SYLVIA
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
319
43.24
91.9%
Arizona
4,713
70.01
98.9%
California
45,439
117.1
99.9%
Colorado
2,060
38.46
98.3%
Hawaii
686
48.35
98.0%
Idaho
586
35.83
95.6%
Montana
267
26.06
92.1%
Nevada
1,669
58.79
98.2%
New Mexico
2,029
97.29
98.1%
Oregon
1,797
45.27
98.2%
Utah
878
29.83
96.8%
Washington
4,826
68.34
99.4%
Wyoming
168
28.73
89.4%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name SYLVIA
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
2,202
61.22
98.7%
Maine
815
61.27
96.1%
Massachusetts
4,792
71.04
99.1%
New Hampshire
757
57.04
96.5%
New Jersey
4,576
51.2
99.2%
New York
14,915
75.53
99.7%
Pennsylvania
5,575
43.6
99.2%
Rhode Island
684
64.78
97.0%
Vermont
431
68.82
96.4%
South States
State stats for the first name SYLVIA
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have SYLVIA as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named SYLVIA.
The most popular full name is SYLVIA Garcia.
0.87% of all the people named SYLVIA
have this family name.
There are 19697 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name SYLVIA