Names / Girl names
Svetlana
Current rank
#6,520
holding steady
All-time peak
#3,327
in 2007
First recorded
1967
in U.S. data
Children named
928
since 1967
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #3,327 in 2007 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Svetlana was first recorded in American naming records in 1967, where it reads as a girls' name. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Only about 928 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.