Aparna — girls' name

What the Data Says About Aparna

The Social Security Administration has registered 517 babies named Aparna between 1970 and 2021, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aparna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aparna performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 172 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Aparna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 40 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Aparna in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aparna in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 517 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.