Swayze
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- SWAY-zee
- US rank, 2025
- #2,036 for girls
Swayze is a name. In 2025 it ranked 2,036th for girls in the US (93 babies).
What does Swayze mean?
Surname of uncertain origin, made famous by actor Patrick Swayze
Patrick Swayze starred in the films Dirty Dancing (1987) and Ghost (1990).
Is Swayze a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Swayze has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 93 girls and 31 boys in the US.
How popular is Swayze in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,036th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 93 about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 93 girls in the US were named Swayze, making it the 2,036th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,468th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 97 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989. 31 boys were also named Swayze in 2025 (3,582nd for boys).
Half of all the girls named Swayze in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 160 girls in the US were given Swayze or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,236, up from #2,036 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 75% of the babies named Swayze in the US were girls.
Swayze in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 93 | #2,036 |
| 2024 | 97 | #2,011 |
| 2023 | 83 | #2,244 |
| 2022 | 59 | #2,856 |
| 2021 | 59 | #2,848 |
| 2020 | 70 | #2,468 |
| 2019 | 53 | #3,043 |
| 2018 | 51 | #3,157 |
| 2017 | 67 | #2,597 |
| 2016 | 48 | #3,326 |
| 2015 | 46 | #3,429 |
| 2014 | 51 | #3,182 |
| 2013 | 59 | #2,869 |
| 2012 | 53 | #3,133 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
Names like Swayze
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kyomi, Rumi, Saoirse, Yuna, Tru, Zhuri, Ainhoa, Salem, Kiyomi, Miyori, Sutton, Minha
Other spellings of Swayze
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, “Swayze: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/swayze, updated 20 October 2026.