Sweetie

Girl · recorded 1889–2001

  • 2001last recorded
  • 1895best year

Most popular in 1895.

Last recorded in 2001. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Sweetie.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1889

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 43 recorded years as a table
Sweetie, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188939
189233
189427
189547
189621
189721
189819
189921
190138
190422
190541
190641
190719
190920
191112
191313
191416
19157
191619
191712
19188
191916
192012
19219
192214
19237
19247
19256
19267
19276
19285
19299
19327
19339
193411
193611
19389
19404
19414
19424
19473
19483
20013

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Sweetie isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2001
5
Rank in 2001
#15,352
How rare
1 in 360,124 girls
Since 1889
373

Sweetie was last recorded in 2001. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1895, at 47 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Sweetie doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.