Swayze
Recorded 1989–2025 · United States
Swayze was most popular in 2025, when 124 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,056 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,056, with 124 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,202 people named Swayze.
Swayze over time
How old is the name Swayze?
Swayze first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1989, which makes it about 36 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 21 of the 37 years since.
How many people are named Swayze?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,202 American births named Swayze between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,193 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Swayze in 2025?
124 American babies were named Swayze in 2025, ranking #3,056 that year.
Is Swayze getting more or less popular?
Swayze is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 101 births a year, against 58 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +74% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Swayze a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Swayze is a unisex name — 78.9% of the 1,202 Americans given it were girls and 21.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 79% girls and 21% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Swayze?
Roughly 1,193 Americans named Swayze are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 7 years old, and half are between 3 and 11. That is a narrow band because Swayze is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Swayze is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org