Sylvie
Top 1000
About Sylvie
Although Sylvia seems to be having somewhat of a revival among trendsetting baby namers, we'd still opt for the even gentler and more unusual Sylvie. Despite being dated in its native France (where it was popular during the 1950s and 60s), in English-speaking regions it still feels fresh and international without being unfamiliar and has a cosmopolitan, international air. It debuted on the US Top 1000 in 2016.
Jason Bateman chose it as the middle name of his daughter Maple. In one of Lewis Carroll's lesser known novels, Sylvie and Bruno, Lady Sylvie is the princess of Fairyland.
Pronounced SIL-vee.
As of October 2026, Sylvie ranked #282 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #50.
Editor's take: The name Sylvie is a girl's name of French origin meaning "from the forest".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,116 | 228 | 127.6 |
| 2015 | #1,181 | 214 | 119.9 |
| 2016 | #959 | 283 | 159.7 |
| 2017 | #989 | 263 | 152.3 |
| 2018 | #901 | 299 | 175.8 |
| 2019 | #872 | 308 | 183.5 |
| 2020 | #774 | 352 | 217.7 |
| 2021 | #585 | 517 | 315.1 |
| 2022 | #433 | 724 | 441.4 |
| 2023 | #425 | 726 | 452.5 |
| 2024 | #360 | 868 | 535.7 |
| 2025 | #282 | 1,096 | 681.9 |
World rankings
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Sylvie on lists
Famous Sylvies
- Sylvie Georges Vartan
Bulgarian,French singer
- Sylvie Testud
French actress
- Sylvie Goulard
French MEP
- Sylvie Becaert
French Olympic biathlete
- Sylvie Goy
Chavent, French Senator
- Sylvie Bodorová
Czech composer
- Sylvie Françoise Meis
Dutch TV personality and model
- Sylvie Desmarescaux
French Senator
- Sylvie Bernier
Canadian diver
- Sylvie Daigle
Canadian speed skater
- Sylvie Verheyde
French actress and director
- Sylvie Léonard
Canadian actress
- Sylvie Courvoisier
Swiss composer
- Sylvie Kinigi
former President of Burundi
- Sylvie Guillem
French ballerina
- Sylvie Emdur
Polish wife of Australian television presenter Larry Emdur
- Sylvie Tellier
Miss France 2002
- Sylvie Chantecaille
founder of the luxury cosmetics brand Chantecaille
- Maple Sylvie Bateman
daughter of actor Jason Bateman
Sylvie in pop culture
- Sylvie Lushton aka Enchantress
character in Marvel comics
- "Sylvie
" novella by Gérard de Nerval and its main character
- Sylvie Brett
character on TV's Chicago Fire.
- Sylvie Gaudet
character in film "Charade"
- Sylvie
princess of Fairyland in Lewis Carroll novel "Sylvie and Bruno"