Girls' name · since 1972
Archana
408 babies named Archana in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,352 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 408
- born since 1972
- 2000s
- peak decade
408 girls have been named Archana since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Archana has 408 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2018.
- #13,352 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 408 born since 1972
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Archana ranks #13,352 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 408 born since 1972, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,352 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 408
- born since 1972
- 2000s
- peak decade
Archana's 408 recorded births place it above 81.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Archana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Archana splits its recorded history at 1995: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1972 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1989 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Archana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2018
- Peak year (1989)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Archana by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (116 births, 28% of the file).
2000s was Archana's strongest decade.
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Archana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
49 births
- 1980s
1980s
100 births
- 1990s
1990s
96 births
- 2000s
2000s
116 births
- 2010s
2010s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 116 births (28% of all-time use).
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- Archana's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (116 total births) through the 2010s (47) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Archana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~46 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1972–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Archana draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.