Swan

Where Swan comes from

Swan hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1866
    Swan Hennessy born
    American composer
  2. 1889
    Debut at its peak, #974
    #974 among boys with 5 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  3. 1890
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1979
    Swan Fyahbwoy born
    Spanish singer
  5. 2018
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Swan Hennessy · American composer, 1866–1929
  • Swan Fyahbwoy · Spanish singer, born 1979
  • Swan Ngapeth · French volleyball player, born 1992
  • Swan Rebbadj · French rugby player, born 1995
  • Swan Turnblad · American newspaper publisher, 1860–1933

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.