Given name & surname
Sadhana
“a devoted woman”
Sadhana is used as a given name and a surname. One Hindi interpretation is “a devoted woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hindi interpretation is “a devoted woman.”
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 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sadhana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 225
- 0 boys · 225 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,741 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −12%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,741 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 19 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 923 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.
Sadhana’s family of names
Sadhana has a related form in Sadhan. Sadhana has a related form in Sadhanah. Sadhana has a related form in Sadhane.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Sadhana
- Sadhana ShivdasaniIndian actress (1941–2015)
- Sadhana SargamIndian singerborn 1974
- Sadhana BoseIndian actress1914–1973
- Sadhana SinghIndian film and television actress
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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