Meghana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAY-guh-nah
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Meghana is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “cloud”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Meghana mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit megha 'cloud'
“cloud”
From Sanskrit megha, 'cloud'; the Meghna is also one of the great rivers of Bangladesh.
Is Meghana a girl's or a boy's name?
Meghana 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 Meghana in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 5 girls.
Meghana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
How popular is Meghana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 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, 5 girls in the US were named Meghana, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 65 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Meghana in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Meghana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,998 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 56 | #3,046 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 40 | #3,917 |
| 2006 | 52 | #3,175 |
| 2005 | 63 | #2,666 |
| 2004 | 63 | #2,616 |
| 2003 | 56 | #2,768 |
| 2002 | 51 | #2,884 |
| 2001 | 65 | #2,407 |
| 2000 | 49 | #2,899 |
| 1999 | 51 | #2,700 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,020 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,871 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,487 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
Names like Meghana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiara, Sienna, Keira, Maya, Brianna, Anaya, Isha, Aisha, Nevaeh, Hana, Niamh, Radhika
Names related to Meghana
Megan, Meghan, Meghna, Meagan, Maegan, Meaghan, Meghann, Maeghan
More Sanskrit names
Bodhi, Arya, 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, “Meghana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/meghana, updated 20 October 2026.