Svetlana
Meaning
star, light
Goes by Sveta
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Svetlana has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
125 people · the #35,208 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 43
Among people named Svetlana living in Brazil at the 2022 census, roughly as many were born in the 1970s as in the 1980s, more than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Svetlana
Most people given the name Svetlana in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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