# Meghna (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/meghna/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “cloud” |
| Pronunciation | /meɡʱ(ə)nɑ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 685 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 685 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 138, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A transliteration of Bengali মেঘনা (meghona), from মেঘ (megh, “cloud”), from Sanskrit मेघ (megha).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 27 | 5,204 |
| 2011 | 21 | 6,269 |
| 2012 | 16 | 7,686 |
| 2013 | 23 | 5,774 |
| 2014 | 7 | 14,075 |
| 2015 | 24 | 5,605 |
| 2016 | 16 | 7,491 |
| 2017 | 13 | 8,617 |
| 2018 | 14 | 8,024 |
| 2019 | 20 | 6,113 |
| 2020 | 13 | 8,264 |
| 2021 | 12 | 8,814 |
| 2022 | 7 | 13,120 |
| 2023 | 7 | 13,001 |
| 2025 | 6 | 14,341 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 6 | 3,116 |
| 2007 | 7 | 2,895 |
| 2008 | 7 | 3,005 |
| 2009 | 7 | 3,031 |
| 2010 | 7 | 3,156 |
| 2011 | 9 | 2,636 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

## People named Meghna

- Meg Jayanth, British video game writer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.