Unisex name · since 2001
Sway
226 babies named Sway in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,586 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 226
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sway sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 226 recorded since 2001.
Social Security Administration records show Sway recorded 226 times among girls since 2001, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2023.
- #18,586 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 226 born since 2001
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sway ranks #18,586 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 226 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,586 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 226
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sway's 226 recorded births place it above 74.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sway's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sway's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2016, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sway popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2023
- Peak year (2005)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Sway popularity over time - boys
113 total births recorded since 2003 (Sway as boys' name)
Sway by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (104 births, 46% of the file).
2000s was Sway's strongest decade.
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Sway births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
104 births
- 2010s
2010s
83 births
- 2020s 39
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 104 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Sway's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (104 total births) through the 2020s (39) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 2001–2023 (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 Sway 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.