girls:
758 births since 1989
#4958 (13th percentile)
boys:
206 births since 1991
#4380 (4th percentile)
overall:
964 births since 1989
#6775 (12th percentile)
The name Swayze is the #6,775 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 964 recorded births since 1989. This represents the 12.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,958 (13.2% percentile) for all time with 758 births since 1989. For boys, it ranks #4,380 (4.4% percentile) for all time with 206 births since 1991.
Swayze first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1989 (1989 for girls and 1991 for boys). Birth data for Swayze is available in 19 out of the 35 years between 1989 and 2023 (17 years for girls and 16 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Swayze has been given predominantly to girls, with 78.6% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 80.6% of babies named Swayze were girls.
For girls, Swayze reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 8.2% percentile (ranked #869) with 47 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 47 births per million (ranked 8.2% percentile). Despite a peak around 2017, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Swayze is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #869 (8.2% percentile) with 47 births per million.
For boys, Swayze reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #906) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 12 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Swayze ranks #896 for boys (1.6% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 88.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Swayze".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Swayze. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 70.2% confident that Swayze is pronounced as SWAY-zee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is swayz, at 29.8% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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