Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Swain

#17,605 most common boys' name of all time · #46,024 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1916–1987

Rank among boys
#17,605
Rank overall
#46,024 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
10 of 146
All-time
71
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1973 #2,653
Best rank
#2,653 1973
Girls Boys peak 14/yr
1920194019601980

Swain first appears in 1916. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1987 — 10 10 #4,332
1973 — 14 14 #2,653
1972 — 8 8 #3,754
1969 — 6 6 #4,130
1944 — 5 5 #3,748
1926 — 8 8 #3,343
1925 — 5 5 #4,608
1922 — 5 5 #4,676
1917 — 5 5 #4,387
1916 — 5 5 #4,503