Svea — #3508 US girls' name
935 babies named Svea in U.S. Social Security records since 1892, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 80% of names given to girls today.
35% of everyone ever named Svea was born in this single decade.
47 babies were named Svea in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Svea
The Social Security Administration has registered 935 babies named Svea between 1892 and 2024, spanning 133 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Svea currently holds the #3508 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 47 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Svea performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 325 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Svea shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 118 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Washington. In total, SSA state-level files list Svea in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Svea in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 935 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Svea at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Svea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1892
- Peak year (2022)
- 47
- Annual births at peak — across 133 years of records
Currently ranks #3508 among girls.
935 total births across 133 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 47 births in a single year.
Svea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 325 births that decade — 35% of Svea's all-time total
Svea decade highlights
- Peak decade 325 births
- Runner-up 207 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Svea's strongest decade
325 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Svea by state
Where Svea concentrates geographically — total births since 1892
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 118 | 12.6% |
| #2 | California | | 15 | 1.6% |
| #3 | Washington | | 12 | 1.3% |
| #4 | New York | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Colorado | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Florida | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 0.5% |
118 of 935 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Minnesota 12.6% of nationwide
- California 1.6% of nationwide
- Washington 1.3% of nationwide
- New York 0.6% of nationwide
- Colorado 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Minnesota accounts for 12.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1892–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.