Boys' name · since 1921
Svend
Svend has 37 recorded births since 1921 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1934 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,398 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 37
- born since 1921
- 1960s
- peak decade
37 boys have been named Svend since 1921, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Svend has 37 recorded births among boys since 1921, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1921 to 1968.
- #24,398 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 37 born since 1921
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Svend ranks #24,398 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 37 born since 1921, peaking in the 1960s.
- #24,398 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 37
- born since 1921
- 1960s
- peak decade
Svend's 37 recorded births place it above 46.3% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Svend's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Svend splits its recorded history at 1961: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1921 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1934 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Svend popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–1968
- Peak year (1934)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Svend by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (21 births, 57% of the file).
1960s was Svend's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Svend births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
10 births
- 1930s 6
1930s
6 births
- 1960s
1960s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 21 births (57% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Svend: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1934)
Similar record span (~47 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1921–1968 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Svend draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.