Svea
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SVAY-a
- Origin
- Scandinavian
- US rank, 2025
- #4,351 for girls
Svea is a girls' name of Scandinavian origin, meaning “the Swedes; Sweden”. In 2025 it ranked 4,351st for girls in the US (32 babies).
What does Svea mean?
Scandinavian: Swedish, from Svear, the ancient name of the Swedes
“the Swedes; Sweden”
Moder Svea (Mother Svea) is the female figure who personifies Sweden, much as Britannia does Britain.
Is Svea a girl's or a boy's name?
Svea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Svea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,351among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 50,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the US were named Svea, making it the 4,351st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,914th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 47 girls. It first appears in the records in 1892.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Svea than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Svea in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Svea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #4,351 |
| 2024 | 44 | #3,516 |
| 2023 | 45 | #3,475 |
| 2022 | 47 | #3,364 |
| 2021 | 35 | #4,087 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,914 |
| 2019 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2018 | 39 | #3,788 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 41 | #3,707 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 33 | #4,348 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,643 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,106 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,474 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,596 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,450 |
| 1918 | 18 | #2,028 |
| 1917 | 18 | #1,922 |
| 1916 | 21 | #1,689 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,133 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,883 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,956 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 11 | #1,290 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,951 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,695 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,593 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,384 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,450 |
Names like Svea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Svea
More Scandinavian names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Svea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/svea, updated 20 October 2026.