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Prarthana

Gender
Girl
Origin
Sanskrit
UK rank, 2025
#3,776 for girls

Prarthana is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).

What does Prarthana mean?

Sanskrit

A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Prarthana a girl's or a boy's name?

Prarthana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Prarthana in the UK?

Rank in 2025
3,776th among girls
Babies in 2025
6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising fast up 300% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Prarthana, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls.

2025 had the most girls named Prarthana of any year since it first appeared, in 2000.

Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.

2000Busiest: 6 in 20252025
Prarthana in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20256#3,776
20240–
20233#5,929
20220–
20210–
20200–
20190–
20180–
20170–
20160–
20150–
20140–
20130–
20120–
20110–
20100–
20090–
20084#4,742
20070–
20060–
20050–
20040–
20030–
20020–
20010–
20001#5,280

Names like Prarthana

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Prarthana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/prarthana, updated 20 October 2026.