Ahana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AA-ha-na
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,961 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,153 for girls
Ahana is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “dawn; first light”. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 2,153rd for girls in the US (86 babies).
What does Ahana mean?
Sanskrit
“dawn; first light”
In the Rigveda, Ahana is a name for Ushas, the goddess of the dawn.
Is Ahana a girl's or a boy's name?
Ahana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 86 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ahana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,961st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Ahana, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,780th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 24 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ahana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 36 girls in the UK were given Ahana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #920, up from #1,961 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.
Ahana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 24 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,667 |
| 2021 | 20 | #1,605 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,780 |
| 2019 | 22 | #1,485 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,628 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
How popular is Ahana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,153rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 86 about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 86 girls in the US were named Ahana, making it the 2,153rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,341st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 124 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Ahana in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 148 girls in the US were given Ahana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,285, up from #2,153 for this spelling alone.
Ahana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86 | #2,153 |
| 2024 | 124 | #1,657 |
| 2023 | 72 | #2,466 |
| 2022 | 80 | #2,319 |
| 2021 | 112 | #1,801 |
| 2020 | 75 | #2,341 |
| 2019 | 92 | #2,056 |
| 2018 | 89 | #2,130 |
| 2017 | 85 | #2,221 |
| 2016 | 64 | #2,697 |
| 2015 | 63 | #2,773 |
| 2014 | 82 | #2,267 |
| 2013 | 56 | #2,972 |
| 2012 | 56 | #3,005 |
| 2011 | 61 | #2,837 |
| 2010 | 49 | #3,305 |
| 2009 | 32 | #4,570 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
Names like Ahana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Abeeha, Safa, Ayra, Amira, Hafsa, Khadija, Aaliyah, Amaya, Aiza, Ayah, Liyana, Anaya
Other spellings of Ahana
Names related to Ahana
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, “Ahana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ahana, updated 20 October 2026.