Girls' name · since 1967
Svetlana
Svetlana has 928 recorded births since 1967 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,913 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,373 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 928
- born since 1967
- 2000s
- peak decade
Svetlana currently ranks #6373 among girls' names in America, with 928 babies recorded since 1967.
Svetlana has 928 recorded births among girls since 1967, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6373 as of the latest data, more common than 63% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 2025.
- #7,913 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,373 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 928 born since 1967
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Svetlana ranks #7,913 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,373 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 928 born since 1967, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,913 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,373 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 928
- born since 1967
- 2000s
- peak decade
Svetlana's 928 recorded births place it above 89.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Svetlana compares
928 Top 33% higher than 67% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Svetlana's all-time total is 147% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Svetlana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 928 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 51 | 21 | 19,840 |
Svetlana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Svetlana splits its recorded history at 2001: 70% of all births land in the more recent half, 30% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1972 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 51 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Svetlana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 51
- Annual births at peak, across 59 years of records
Svetlana by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (292 births, 31% of the file).
2000s was Svetlana's strongest decade.
292 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Svetlana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 21
1960s
21 births
- 1970s 61
1970s
61 births
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s
1990s
154 births
- 2000s
2000s
292 births
- 2010s
2010s
246 births
- 2020s
2020s
137 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 292 births (31% of all-time use).
How Svetlana compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Svetlana's total volume
Svetlana by state
Where Svetlana concentrates geographically, total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 91 | 9.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 17 | 1.8% |
| #3 | Washington | | 16 | 1.7% |
| #4 | Texas | | 14 | 1.5% |
91 of 928 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Svetlana's data
- Svetlana's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (292 total births) through the 2020s (137) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Svetlanas (91 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Svetlana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~58 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1967–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Svetlana draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.