Svetlana
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Slavic
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Svetlana is a girls' name of Slavic origin, meaning “light”. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Svetlana mean?
Slavic
“light”
A female given name, common in Slavic nations in which Orthodox Christianity is established.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Svetlana a girl's or a boy's name?
Svetlana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Svetlana in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 5 girls.
Svetlana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
How popular is Svetlana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Svetlana, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 51 girls. It first appears in the records in 1967.
2025 had fewer girls named Svetlana than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Svetlana in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Svetlana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,996 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,753 |
| 2012 | 40 | #3,853 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,096 |
| 2008 | 35 | #4,359 |
| 2007 | 51 | #3,289 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 30 | #4,483 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,067 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,829 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,522 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,033 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,734 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,221 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
Names like Svetlana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sienna, Syeda, Kiara, Amara, Layla, Sophia, Anaya, Maeva, Eliana, Aisha, Mila, Aria
More Slavic names
Milan, Vera, Mira, Nadia, Milana, Rayna, Zora, Milena, Raina, Damir, Lev, Siyana, Vlad, Lilyana, Yuri, Milah
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Svetlana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/svetlana, updated 20 October 2026.