Svetlana — #5637 US girls' name
909 babies named Svetlana in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 68% of names given to girls today.
32% of everyone ever named Svetlana was born in this single decade.
51 babies were named Svetlana in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Svetlana
The Social Security Administration has registered 909 babies named Svetlana between 1967 and 2024, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Svetlana currently holds the #5637 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 51 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Svetlana performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 292 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Svetlana shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 91 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Washington. In total, SSA state-level files list Svetlana in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Svetlana 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 909 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.
Svetlana at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Svetlana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1967
- Peak year (2007)
- 51
- Annual births at peak — across 58 years of records
Currently ranks #5637 among girls.
909 total births across 58 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 51 births in a single year.
Svetlana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 292 births that decade — 32% of Svetlana's all-time total
Svetlana decade highlights
- Peak decade 292 births
- Runner-up 246 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Svetlana's strongest decade
292 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Svetlana by state
Where Svetlana concentrates geographically — total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 91 | 10.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 17 | 1.9% |
| #3 | Washington | | 16 | 1.8% |
| #4 | Texas | | 14 | 1.5% |
91 of 909 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.0% of nationwide
- New York 1.9% of nationwide
- Washington 1.8% of nationwide
- Texas 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.0% 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, 1967–2024 (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.