Sway
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- SWAY
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Sway is a name of English origin, meaning “to swing gently; influence”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Sway mean?
English: English word
“to swing gently; influence”
Is Sway a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Sway has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US.
How popular is Sway in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Sway, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Sway in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sway in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
Names like Sway
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Veer Ash Shivansh Aarav Avyaan Krishiv Vihaan Shiv Dhruv Kash Shivaay Atharv
Names related to Sway
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Sway: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sway, updated 20 October 2026.