Sweetie

Popularity Trends

The name Sweetie is the #7,366 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 373 recorded births since 1889. This represents the 4.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,343 (6.5% percentile) for all time with 373 births since 1889.

Sweetie first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1889 (first recorded for girls in 1889). Birth data for Sweetie is available in 43 out of the 113 years between 1889 and 2001. 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.

For girls, Sweetie reached its peak popularity in 1916, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #558) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 1895, with 45 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2001.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sweetie".

1889 2001 18892001

Key Statistics

Total Births

373

Peak Births

Peak Year

1916

First Recorded

1889

Peak Percentile

2.6%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#558

Current Rank

—

Female statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Sweetie", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Sweetie.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Sweetie's popularity from 1886 to 2004 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Sweetie at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Sweetie range from Hasel at 72.1% correlation to Oral at 67.7% correlation, with an average correlation level of 68.8%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Hazel with 292.6K births (99% girls) and the least popular is Hasel with 406 births (99% girls).

Sweetie's share of births peaked at 44.5 births per million for girls in 1916. It reached its lowest point of 2.5 births per million (6% of peak) in 2001. In 2001, the most recent period with data, the name Sweetie had 2.5 births per million, 6% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Hasel

406

72.07% (strong)

Erna

9,071

69.80% (strong)

Verona

4,270

69.36% (strong)

Esther

267.6k

69.25% (strong)

Flonnie

1,065

68.75% (strong)

Nonnie

743

68.69% (strong)

Alvie

4,699

68.65% (strong)

Hazel

292.6k

68.46% (strong)

Frieda

25.4k

67.86% (strong)

Verner

2,134

67.81% (strong)

Eathel

784

67.78% (strong)

Oral

3,308

67.70% (strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Sweetie

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Sweetie. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 97.5% confident that Sweetie is pronounced as SWEE-tee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SWEE-dee, at 2.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.

SWEE-tee

97.5%

SWEE-dee

2.5%

SWEE-tee (2 syllables)

Verified

97.5% confidence

S W IY1 T IY0

SWEE-dee (2 syllables)

2.5% confidence

S W IY1 D IY0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Sweetie? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Sweetie. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Sweetie, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like S W IY1 T IY0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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