Girls' name · since 1999
Sadhana
225 babies named Sadhana in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,636 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,412 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 225
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Sadhana is the #11412 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 225 recorded since 1999.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sadhana has been recorded 225 times among girls since 1999, currently ranked #11412 nationally and more common than 34% of girls, 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 1999 to 2025.
- #18,636 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,412 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 225 born since 1999
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sadhana ranks #18,636 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,412 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 225 born since 1999, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,636 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,412 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 225
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sadhana's 225 recorded births place it above 74.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Sadhana compares
225 39th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sadhana's all-time total is 40% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sadhana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 225 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sadhana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Sadhana splits its recorded history at 2011: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2003 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Sadhana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Sadhana by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (97 births, 43% of the file).
2000s was Sadhana's strongest decade.
97 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Sadhana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
97 births
- 2010s
2010s
85 births
- 2020s 36
2020s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 97 births (43% of all-time use).
Sadhana by state
Where Sadhana concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7 | 3.1% |
7 of 225 births nationwide.
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What to do with Sadhana's data
- Sadhana's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (97 total births) through the 2020s (36) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Sadhanas (7 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sadhana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1999–2025 (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 Sadhana 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.