Swen — boys' name

What the Data Says About Swen

The Social Security Administration has registered 56 babies named Swen between 1912 and 1979, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Swen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Swen performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 29 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Swen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Swen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Swen in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 56 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.