Given name
Rachana
“born of the creation”
Rachana is used as a given name. One Hindi interpretation is “born of the creation.”
Original Hindiरचना
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hindi interpretation is “born of the creation.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hindi.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rachana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 272
- 0 boys · 272 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 16 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. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,337 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.
Rachana’s family of names
In English usage, Rachana has a related form in Rachna. In English usage, Rachana has a related form in Rachna. Rachana has a related form in Rashanda.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
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.
People named Rachana
- Rachna BanerjeeIndian Bengali actressborn 1974
- Rachna KhatauAmerican television actressborn 1981
- Rachana MauryaIndian film actressborn 1987
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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