Swan**
#11,651 most common boys' name of all time · #29,821 across all names · 61% male / 39% female · used 1889–2018 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#11,651
Rank overall
#29,821 of 105,966
First appeared
1889
Years on the list
31 of 146
All-time
202
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1988 #5,251
Best rank
#1,111 1889
Girls
Boys
peak 15/yr
Swan first appears in 1889. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2014 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,172 |
| 2008 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1999 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,978 |
| 1998 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1996 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1993 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1991 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1988 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #5,251 |
| 1986 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1983 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,353 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1974 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1971 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1969 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1931 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,927 |
| 1929 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,622 |
| 1928 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,225 |
| 1927 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,968 |
| 1926 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,279 |
| 1925 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,633 |
| 1924 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,423 |
| 1921 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,265 |
| 1920 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,814 |
| 1918 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1917 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,261 |
| 1916 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,982 |
| 1915 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,457 |
| 1905 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,351 |
| 1889 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,111 |