Sylvie

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⭐ Famous Sylvie

Sylvie Vartan

French singer, chansonnier, and actress (born 1944)

Choose Sylvie and your child shares a first name with Sylvie Vartan, a French singer, chansonnier, and actress. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Sylvie, like who?” Sylvie Vartan's Wikipedia article is available in 42 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 1,466 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Sylvie, 1,096 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Sylvie would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistorySylvie first shows up in US birth records in 1909, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 116 years since.
• 🏆Best yearSylvie is at its all-time high right now: #282 in 2025.
• 📈Then vs nowSylvie is 20× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 29,762 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 1,466.
• 🚀TrendSylvie has climbed 490 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #282. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 📍Where it's lovedSylvie is most popular in South Dakota, where it ranks #46, followed by Montana (#79) and Maine (#96). It makes the top 1,000 in almost every state.
• 💬MeaningSylvie is a French form of Sylvia, which means “of the forest”. Our records link it to French and Latin roots.

About the name Sylvie

Sylvie is a girl name of French and Latin origin meaning “of the forest”. It has 6 letters and 2 syllables, starting with S and ending in “-vie”. US birth records list Sylvie for girls from 1909 to 2025, in 88 of those 117 years. Its best year was 2025, when it ranked #282 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #282, with 1,096 babies.

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