Ahaana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AA-ha-na
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,553 for girls
Ahaana is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “dawn; first light”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).
What does Ahaana mean?
Sanskrit: spelling of Ahana
“dawn; first light”
In the Rigveda, Ahana is a name for Ushas, the goddess of the dawn.
Meaning borrowed from Ahana.
Is Ahaana a girl's or a boy's name?
Ahaana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ahaana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,509among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Ahaana, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ahaana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 36 girls in the UK were given Ahaana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #920, up from #2,509 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Ahaana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
How popular is Ahaana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,553among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 73,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Ahaana, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. Its busiest year was 2019, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 2010.
Half of all the girls named Ahaana in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 148 girls in the US were given Ahaana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,285, up from #5,553 for this spelling alone.
Ahaana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,553 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,904 |
| 2021 | 29 | #4,603 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,261 |
| 2019 | 35 | #4,071 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
Names like Ahaana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Abeeha Safa Ayra Amira Hafsa Nusaybah Irha Khadija Aiza Amayra Ayah Rumaysa
Other spellings of Ahaana
Names related to Ahaana
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya
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, “Ahaana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ahaana, updated 20 October 2026.