Girls' name · since 1995
Bhavana
109 babies named Bhavana in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,130 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 109
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
109 girls have been named Bhavana since 1995, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bhavana has been recorded 109 times among girls since 1995, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2010.
- #26,130 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 109 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bhavana ranks #26,130 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 109 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #26,130 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 109
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Bhavana's 109 recorded births place it above 63.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bhavana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Bhavana's full recorded timeline at 2003, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2001 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Bhavana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2010
- Peak year (2001)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Bhavana by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (77 births, 71% of the file).
2000s was Bhavana's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Bhavana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
77 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 77 births (71% of all-time use).
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What to do with Bhavana's data
- Bhavana's decade-level peak was the 2000s (77 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Bhavana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~15 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, 1995–2010 (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 Bhavana 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.