Spellings
Sylvia or Silvia?
In the US in 2025, 85% of babies in this name family were spelled Sylvia and 15% Silvia. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Sylvia already led in 2015, with 80% of the family's births; it has 85% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 832 to 1,199 births (+44%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvia | 662 | 1,017 | +54% |
| Silvia | 170 | 182 | +7% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈsɪlviə/ (SIL-vee-uh). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Sylvia 5 births and Silvia 15 births.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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