Rehana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- reh-HAH-na
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Rehana is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “sweet basil”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Rehana mean?
Arabic: South Asian spelling of Rayhana
“sweet basil”
Is Rehana a girl's or a boy's name?
Rehana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rehana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Rehana, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rehana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Rehana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,614 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,832 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,290 |
| 1999 | 16 | #1,298 |
| 1998 | 13 | #1,505 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Rehana in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Rehana in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rehana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
Names like Rehana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Khadija, Amira, Aisha, Halima, Aaliyah, Rahma, Hiba, Hafsa, Rumaysa, Ruqayyah, Safiya
Names related to Rehana
Rihanna, Rana, Rhianna, Rihana, Raena, Reyhana, Reyhan, Reanna, Rhaena
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo, Liyana
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, “Rehana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rehana, updated 20 October 2026.