Given name

Chetana

Chetana is a feminine given name from Sanskrit.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Chetana comes from Sanskrit.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Sanskrit चेतना.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Chetana through the years

Babies since 1880
23
0 boys · 23 girls
Most popular year
2015
7 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Chetana in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2003–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 366 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.

Chetana’s family of names

In English usage, Chetana has a related form in CHETNA. In English usage, Chetana has a related form in CHETNA.

Walk Chetana’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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