Aahana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AA-ha-na
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,711 for girls
Aahana is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “dawn; first light”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 3,711th for girls in the US (40 babies).
What does Aahana mean?
Sanskrit: spelling of Ahana
“dawn; first light”
In the Rigveda, Ahana is a name for Ushas, the goddess of the dawn.
Is Aahana a girl's or a boy's name?
Aahana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 40 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aahana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,675th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Aahana, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Aahana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 36 girls in the UK were given Aahana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #920, up from #2,675 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Aahana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 14 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
How popular is Aahana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,711th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 40 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 40 girls in the US were named Aahana, making it the 3,711th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,966th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 92 girls. It first appears in the records in 2005.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Aahana than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Aahana in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 148 girls in the US were given Aahana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,285, up from #3,711 for this spelling alone.
Aahana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,711 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,695 |
| 2023 | 50 | #3,225 |
| 2022 | 52 | #3,123 |
| 2021 | 56 | #2,958 |
| 2020 | 54 | #2,966 |
| 2019 | 62 | #2,729 |
| 2018 | 92 | #2,084 |
| 2017 | 76 | #2,384 |
| 2016 | 51 | #3,182 |
| 2015 | 31 | #4,487 |
| 2014 | 59 | #2,886 |
| 2013 | 46 | #3,402 |
| 2012 | 48 | #3,363 |
| 2011 | 43 | #3,602 |
| 2010 | 64 | #2,751 |
| 2009 | 33 | #4,481 |
| 2008 | 32 | #4,646 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
Names like Aahana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Abeeha, Safa, Amira, Ayra, Anaya, Khadija, Amaya, Hafsa, Aaliyah, Raya, Ayah, Arya
Other spellings of Aahana
Names related to Aahana
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena
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, “Aahana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aahana, updated 20 October 2026.