Unisex name · since 2018

Swae

Since 2018, U.S. Social Security records show 43 babies named Swae, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#23,265 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#13,352 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
43
born since 2018
2020s
peak decade

Yes -- Swae is the #13352 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 43 recorded since 2018.

Social Security Administration records show Swae recorded 43 times among boys since 2018, holding rank #13352 nationally today, ahead of 4% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2018 to 2025.

  • #23,265 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #13,352 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 43 born since 2018
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Swae ranks #23,265 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,352 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 43 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.

#23,265 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#13,352 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
43
born since 2018
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%4.1%
Swae vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Swae's 43 recorded births place it above 48.79% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Swae compares

43 15th 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

Swae's all-time total is 88% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Swae Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 43 369 358,536
Peak-year births 11 34 22,252

Swae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Swae splits its recorded history at 2023: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2019 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Swae popularity over time - boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2022)
11
Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
4681012 201820192022202320242025 5

Swae popularity over time - girls

43 total births recorded since 2021 (Swae as girls' name)

Unisex variant - 43 births
468101214 20212022202320242025 5

Swae by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (32 births, 74% of the file).

2020s was Swae's strongest decade.

32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.

Swae births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 32 births (74% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Swae?
Swae has been given to 43 babies in the U.S. since 2018, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #23,265 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Among boys in 2025, it is #13,352 of 13,930. 11 babies were born in 2022, its single highest year.
Where does Swae sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Swae ranks #23,265 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,352 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Swae most popular?
Swae was most popular in the 2020s decade with 32 total births. The single peak year was 2022.
Is Swae a unisex name?
Yes, Swae is used for both boys and girls. As a boy's name it has 43 births, and as a girl's name it has 43 births.
How long has the name Swae been used?
The SSA has tracked Swae since 2018 -- 8 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Swae?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Swayze, Swayde, Swade, Swan, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Two nationwide peer axes for Swae: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2018–2025 (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 Swae 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.