Sahana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAH-ha-na
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,206 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,911 for girls
Sahana is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “patience; endurance”. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies) and 1,911th for girls in the US (101 babies).
What does Sahana mean?
Sanskrit
“patience; endurance”
Sahana is also the name of a raga in Carnatic classical music.
Is Sahana a girl's or a boy's name?
Sahana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK and 101 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sahana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,206th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Sahana, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sahana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were given Sahana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,607, up from #2,206 for this spelling alone.
- Sahana 13
- Sahaana 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Sahana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,669 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,828 |
| 2011 | 17 | #1,755 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,757 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,691 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,874 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Sahana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,911th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 101 about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 101 girls in the US were named Sahana, making it the 1,911th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,860th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 160 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Sahana in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 106 girls in the US were given Sahana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,627, up from #1,911 for this spelling alone.
- Sahana 101
- Sahaana 5
Sahana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 101 | #1,911 |
| 2024 | 114 | #1,771 |
| 2023 | 97 | #2,020 |
| 2022 | 113 | #1,807 |
| 2021 | 117 | #1,750 |
| 2020 | 104 | #1,860 |
| 2019 | 126 | #1,668 |
| 2018 | 144 | #1,512 |
| 2017 | 136 | #1,600 |
| 2016 | 115 | #1,799 |
| 2015 | 120 | #1,743 |
| 2014 | 121 | #1,728 |
| 2013 | 121 | #1,713 |
| 2012 | 134 | #1,612 |
| 2011 | 160 | #1,418 |
| 2010 | 150 | #1,495 |
| 2009 | 152 | #1,502 |
| 2008 | 150 | #1,539 |
| 2007 | 128 | #1,704 |
| 2006 | 74 | #2,485 |
| 2005 | 69 | #2,499 |
| 2004 | 44 | #3,387 |
| 2003 | 49 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 36 | #3,650 |
| 2001 | 48 | #2,959 |
| 2000 | 30 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 28 | #4,084 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
Names like Sahana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Amira, Khadija, Hafsa, Aaliyah, Hiba, Safiya, Abeeha, Zainab, Amaya, Sumayyah, Raya
Other spellings of Sahana
Names related to Sahana
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
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, “Sahana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sahana, updated 20 October 2026.