Boys' name · since 1993
Swade
194 babies named Swade in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,166 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,096 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 194
- born since 1993
- 2020s
- peak decade
Swade currently ranks #4096 among boys' names in America, with 194 babies recorded since 1993.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Swade has been recorded 194 times among boys since 1993, currently ranked #4096 nationally and more common than 71% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #13,166 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,096 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 194 born since 1993
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Swade ranks #13,166 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,096 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 194 born since 1993, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,166 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,096 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 194
- born since 1993
- 2020s
- peak decade
Swade's 194 recorded births place it above 71.03% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Swade compares
194 37th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Swade's all-time total is 47% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Swade | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 194 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 34 | 22,252 |
Swade's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Swade's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 64% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 36%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 26, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Swade popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Swade by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (103 births, 53% of the file).
2020s was Swade's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Swade births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
53 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s 32
2010s
32 births
- 2020s
2020s
103 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 103 births (53% of all-time use).
Swade by state
Where Swade concentrates geographically, total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.6% |
5 of 194 births nationwide.
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- Texas records the most Swades (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Swade: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1993–2025 (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 Swade 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.