Sylis Boy
How popular is Sylis?
#2,230 boy name in 2025
63 baby boys were named Sylis in the US in 2025, making it the 2230th most popular boy name.
Sylis popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,230 for boys (▲ 984 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 63 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+3% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,212 in 2015, #3,024 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2013 (84 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,732 in 2013 |
| First recorded | 1998 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Sylis counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Silas family of names ranked #64 for boys in 2025 (#74 the year before), with 5,500 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Silas | 4,639 | 84% |
| Sylas | 717 | 13% |
| Sylus | 66 | 1% |
| Sylis | 63 | 1% |
| Silus | 10 | 0% |
| Syles | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Sylis is most popular
Babies named Sylis per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (15 boys)
- Michigan: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (16 boys)
Sylis by decade
Boy names about as popular as Sylis
Questions
- Is Sylis a boy or girl name?
- Sylis is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Sylis were boys.
- How popular is the name Sylis?
- 63 baby boys were named Sylis in the US in 2025, making it the 2230th most popular boy name.
- When was Sylis most popular?
- Sylis peaked in 2013, when 84 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,732 in 2013.
- How many people are named Sylis?
- 1,043 babies have been named Sylis in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,035 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Sylis most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Sylis was most common in Florida, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.