Dhyana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DHYAH-na
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Dhyana is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “meditation”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Dhyana mean?
Sanskrit: from dhyana
“meditation”
Sanskrit word for meditation; via Chinese chan it also gave Zen its name.
Is Dhyana a girl's or a boy's name?
Dhyana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dhyana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,675th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 156% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Dhyana, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Dhyana of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Dhyana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Dhyana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
How popular is Dhyana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Dhyana, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the girls named Dhyana in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dhyana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
Names like Dhyana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha, Viha, Divisha, Dhanvi, Dhriti, Aadhya, Krisha, Anvika, Kridha, Navya, Arya, Saanvi
Names related to Dhyana
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Shivansh
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, “Dhyana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dhyana, updated 20 October 2026.