Rachana
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Rachana is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “work, creation”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Rachana mean?
Sanskrit
“work, creation”
A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Rachana a girl's or a boy's name?
Rachana is a girls' name.
How popular is Rachana in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Rachana in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rachana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
Names like Rachana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Radhika, Kiara, Brianna, Anika, Mckenna, Isha, Radha, Asha, Aisha, Kiana, Nirvana, Dayana
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
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, “Rachana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rachana, updated 20 October 2026.