Recorded 1977–2018 Girls' name Peak 2002 272 births

Rachana — girls' name

272 babies named Rachana in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s221980s531990s592000s992010s39
2000s
Peak decade

36% of everyone ever named Rachana was born in this single decade.

2002
Single peak year

16 babies were named Rachana in 2002 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Rachana

The Social Security Administration has registered 272 babies named Rachana between 1977 and 2018, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rachana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rachana performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 99 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Rachana shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rachana in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rachana 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 272 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.

Rachana at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

272

Since 1977

42 years of records

Peak year

2002

16 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1977

Recorded for 42 years

Last year on file: 2018

Rachana popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1977

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2002)
16
Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
05101520 201820112007200319991994198519811977 8

Rachana by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
99 births that decade — 36% of Rachana's all-time total
1970s221980s531990s592000s992010s39

Rachana by state

Where Rachana concentrates geographically — total births since 1977

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Rachana
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
7 2.6%
California share of Rachana's total US births 2.6%

7 of 272 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Rachana?
272 babies have been named Rachana since 1977. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2002 with 16 births.
When was Rachana most popular?
Rachana was most popular in the 2000s decade with 99 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
Where is Rachana most popular?
The top states for the name Rachana are California (7 births).
How long has the name Rachana been used?
Rachana has been recorded in Social Security data since 1977, spanning 42 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Rachana?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Rachel, Rachael, Rachelle, Racheal, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1977–2018 (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.