Sweet
Sweetness is a basic taste most commonly perceived when eating foods rich in sugar. Sweet tastes are generally regarded as pleasurable. In addition to sugars like sucrose, many other chemical compounds are sweet, including aldehydes, ketones, and sugar alcohols. Some are sweet at very low concentrations, allowing their use as non-caloric sugar substitutes.
Meaning & Origin of Sweet
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sweetness is a basic taste most commonly perceived when eating foods rich in sugar. Sweet tastes are generally regarded as pleasurable. In addition to sugars like sucrose, many other chemical compounds are sweet, including aldehydes, ketones, and sugar alcohols. Some are sweet at very low concentrations, allowing their use as non-caloric sugar substitutes.
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The Story of Sweet
Sweet first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1979, with 7 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2001, when 8 Sweets were born — ranking #11,019 that year. As of 2026, Sweet ranks #16,544 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 65 Sweets have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Names that sound like Sweet
Phonetically similar names — useful when Sweet is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Suite
- Sweatt
- Swete
- Sweat
- Swat
- Swede
- Swet
- Swett
- Swot
- Swit
- Swatt
- Suat
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Sweet
Sweet is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1979 and has accumulated 65 births in the dataset. Sweet's peak popularity came in 2001 when it ranked #11,019. Use the chart and map above to compare Sweet's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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