Unisex name · since 2015
Swayde
Swayde has 227 recorded births since 2015 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,222 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,055 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 227
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
227 babies have been named Swayde since 2015, making it today's #2055 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Swayde recorded 227 times among boys since 2015, holding rank #2055 nationally today, ahead of 85% 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 2015 to 2025.
- #12,222 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,055 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 227 born since 2015
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Swayde ranks #12,222 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,055 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 227 born since 2015, peaking in the 2020s.
- #12,222 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,055 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 227
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Swayde's 227 recorded births place it above 73.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Swayde compares
227 40th 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
Swayde's all-time total is 38% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Swayde | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 227 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 73 | 34 | 22,252 |
Swayde's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Swayde's full recorded timeline at 2021, 74% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 26% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2015, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 73 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Swayde popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 73
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Swayde popularity over time - girls
38 total births recorded since 2020 (Swayde as girls' name)
Swayde by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (184 births, 81% of the file).
2020s was Swayde's strongest decade.
184 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 81% of all-time use.
Swayde births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 43
2010s
43 births
- 2020s
2020s
184 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 184 births (81% of all-time use).
Swayde by state
Where Swayde concentrates geographically, total births since 2015
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 37 | 16.3% |
| #2 | Oklahoma | | 12 | 5.3% |
| #3 | Arkansas | | 5 | 2.2% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 5 | 2.2% |
| #5 | Mississippi | | 5 | 2.2% |
37 of 227 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Swaydes (37 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 Swayde: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2015–2025 (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 Swayde 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.