Prajna
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Prajna is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Prajna mean?
Sanskrit
A female given name from Sanskrit, meaning “Wisdom”, of Indian usage.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Prajna a girl's or a boy's name?
Prajna is a girls' name.
How popular is Prajna in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the girls named Prajna in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Prajna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
Names like Prajna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha, Viha, Aadhya, Saanvi, Dhriti, Anvika, Navya, Aavya, Priya, Vibha, Sanvi, Akshara
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena
Sources
Figures from 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, “Prajna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/prajna, updated 20 October 2026.