Aparna
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Aparna is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Aparna mean?
Sanskrit
A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Aparna a girl's or a boy's name?
Aparna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aparna in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 5 girls.
Aparna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
How popular is Aparna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Aparna, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2004, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the girls named Aparna in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aparna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,812 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,368 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
Names like Aparna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Akshara Anisha Radhika Avira Anika Anvika Priya Krisha Divisha Aisha Varnika Advika
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, “Aparna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aparna, updated 20 October 2026.