How Many People Are Named Sylena?
An estimated 321 people in the United States have the first name Sylena. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 36 years old, and Sylena peaked in popularity in 1978 with 17 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Sylena as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Sylena paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
321
About 1 in 1,067,771 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
36
years old
Peak Year
1978
17 births
Total Registered
340
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Sylena
Sylena is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 340 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Sylena as a female name
Ranked #18,910 in 2014
5 female births in 2014
Peak: 1978 (17 births)
Sylena: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Sylena span from the 1960s to the 2010s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1970s, when 88 babies were registered. Sylena has declined significantly from its peak in the 1970s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Sylena by Decade
How has Sylena tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Sylena + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Sylena as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Sylena
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Sylena: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Sylena?
We estimate approximately 321 people named Sylena are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,067,771 Americans share this first name.
Is Sylena a common name?
Sylena is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 80% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 340 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Sylena most popular?
Sylena reached peak popularity in 1978, when 17 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Sylena is approximately 36 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Sylena a female name?
Sylena is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Sylena Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Sylena Smith, Sylena Johnson, Sylena Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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