Given name
Rachna
“born of the creation”
In English use, Rachna is a variant of Rachana. One Hindi interpretation is “born of the creation.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Rachna is a variant of Rachana. One Hindi interpretation is “born of the creation.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Rachna is a variant of Rachana. An origin associated with Rachana is Hindi.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rachna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 213
- 0 boys · 213 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 12 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 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 1979. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,105 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.
Rachna’s family of names
In English usage, Rachna has a related form in Rachana. In English usage, Rachna has a related form in Rachana. In English usage, Rachna has a conventional equivalent in the Hindi form रचना.
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.
People named Rachna
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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