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Baby name
Sylvia
Girl
Origin of the name
Sylvia comes from the Latin Silvia, linked to silva, “forest.”
Classic name
245,070births since 1880
1930sgeneration
No. 50rank at its peak, in 1937
Where babies named Sylvia are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Sylvia is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Sylvia is most common in New Mexico (1.7 times), Texas (1.6) and New York (1.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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