Given name
Aradhana
“worship, adoration”
Aradhana is a feminine given name from Sanskrit, meaning “worship, adoration.”
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aradhana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 152
- 0 boys · 152 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −25%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 2012. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 382 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aradhana’s family of names
In English usage, Aradhana has a related form in ARADHNA. In English usage, Aradhana has a related form in ARADHNA. In English usage, Aradhana has a conventional equivalent in the Hindi form आराधना.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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