Sadhana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAH-dha-na
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Sadhana is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “spiritual practice”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Sadhana mean?
Sanskrit: from sadhana 'spiritual practice'
“spiritual practice”
Sanskrit term for disciplined spiritual practice in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain traditions.
Is Sadhana a girl's or a boy's name?
Sadhana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sadhana in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 5 girls.
Sadhana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
How popular is Sadhana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 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, 8 girls in the US were named Sadhana, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Sadhana in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sadhana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
Names like Sadhana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Anaya Prisha Aisha Arya Akshara Isha Amira Khadija Inaya Amaya Divisha
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena
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, “Sadhana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sadhana, updated 20 October 2026.