Raksha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RUK-shah
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Raksha is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “protection”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Raksha mean?
Sanskrit: from raksha 'protection'
“protection”
Raksha Bandhan is the Hindu festival in which sisters tie a protective thread on their brothers' wrists.
Is Raksha a girl's or a boy's name?
Raksha 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 Raksha in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 5 girls.
Raksha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Raksha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Raksha, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Raksha in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Raksha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
Names like Raksha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha Viha Krisha Aadhya Anvika Navya Priya Divisha Radhika Saanvi Akshara Arya
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, “Raksha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raksha, updated 20 October 2026.