Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Archana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 408
- 0 boys · 408 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,705 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.
Archana’s family of names
In Greek usage, Archana as a surname is a transliteration of Αρχανά.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Archana
- Archana Puran SinghIndian actressborn 1962
- Archana SorengIndian climate activistborn 1996
- Archanna GuptaaIndian actressborn 1979
- Archana SharmaIndian geneticist (1932-2008)
- Archana KaviIndian actress (born 1988)born 1990
- Archana BhattacharyyaIndian physicistborn 1948
- Archana JoglekarIndian actressborn 1965
- Archana GautamIndian film actress, model and International Beauty Pageant Winnerborn 1995
- Archana RamasundaramIndian police officerborn 1957
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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