Swara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SWAH-ra
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,341 for girls
Swara is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “musical note, voice”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 3,341st for girls in the US (46 babies).
What does Swara mean?
Sanskrit: from svara
“musical note, voice”
In Indian classical music the seven swaras are the notes of the scale.
Is Swara a girl's or a boy's name?
Swara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 46 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Swara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,509among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Swara, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 14 girls.
2025 had more girls named Swara than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Swara in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Swara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 14 | #2,111 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
How popular is Swara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,341among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 46about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 46 girls in the US were named Swara, making it the 3,341st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,597th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 93 girls. It first appears in the records in 2005.
2025 had more girls named Swara than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Swara in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Swara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #3,341 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,822 |
| 2023 | 44 | #3,524 |
| 2022 | 41 | #3,701 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,734 |
| 2020 | 65 | #2,597 |
| 2019 | 77 | #2,331 |
| 2018 | 93 | #2,071 |
| 2017 | 86 | #2,200 |
| 2016 | 70 | #2,539 |
| 2015 | 78 | #2,351 |
| 2014 | 57 | #2,967 |
| 2013 | 46 | #3,402 |
| 2012 | 40 | #3,853 |
| 2011 | 31 | #4,567 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,106 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
Names like Swara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arya Prisha Aadhya Safa Viha Shreeja Aarya Saanvi Raya Krisha Nishtha Ayra
Names related to Swara
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena Shivansh
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Swara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/swara, updated 20 October 2026.