Archana — girls' name
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.
28% of everyone ever named Archana was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Archana in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Archana
The Social Security Administration has registered 408 babies named Archana between 1972 and 2018, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Archana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Archana performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 116 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Archana shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Archana 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 408 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.
Archana at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Archana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1972
- Peak year (1989)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
408 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 17 births in a single year.
Archana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 116 births that decade — 28% of Archana's all-time total
Archana decade highlights
- Peak decade 116 births
- Runner-up 100 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Archana's strongest decade
116 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1972–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.