Sylas

Meaning: Asked for; borrowed
Origin: Variant of Silas (from Aramaic/Hebrew)

Boy's name · #440 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Sylas is climbing: on the charts since 1975, it reached #440 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 720 boys given the name last year. Roughly 8,900 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 43 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,707 in France (2025) · #2,253 in England & Wales (2025) · #856 in Canada (2024).

In stories & tradition

Sylas — League of Legends (video game)

Spellings & nicknames

Sylas is the less common spelling of Silas — about 13% of babies given the name are written this way; Silas itself ranked #71 in 2025.

Similar names: Silas · Azariah · Shiloh · Musa · Boaz · Mathias

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