Sohana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- so-HAH-na
- Origin
- Hindi
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Sohana is a girls' name of Hindi origin, meaning “pleasant, lovely”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Sohana mean?
Hindi: related to Hindi and Urdu suhana 'pleasant'; used in Bangladeshi families
“pleasant, lovely”
Is Sohana a girl's or a boy's name?
Sohana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sohana in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 6 girls.
Sohana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
How popular is Sohana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Sohana, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the girls named Sohana in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sohana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
Names like Sohana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Abeeha, Amira, Liyana, Hafsa, Khadija, Ayra, Inaya, Prisha, Sama, Anaya, Raya
Names related to Sohana
Sana, Shanaya, Shaan, Shania, Sihana, Shauna, Suhana, Shaina, Shayna, Shaniya, Shana
More Hindi names
Saanvi, Meera, Riya, Jiya, Diya, Reyansh, Sai, Neev, Aarush, Rivaan, Samaira, Rishaan, Sanaya, Tulsi, Muskan, Rivan
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, “Sohana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sohana, updated 20 October 2026.