# Rachna (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rachna/  
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 | “work”, “creation” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Rachana |
| US babies named this | 213 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 213 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit रचना (racanā, “work, creation”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 11 | 7,722 |
| 1991 | 7 | 11,175 |
| 1992 | 6 | 12,939 |
| 1995 | 6 | 12,963 |
| 1997 | 8 | 10,550 |
| 1998 | 8 | 10,892 |
| 1999 | 8 | 11,129 |
| 2000 | 9 | 10,536 |
| 2001 | 7 | 13,148 |
| 2002 | 5 | 17,475 |
| 2003 | 5 | 17,753 |
| 2004 | 8 | 12,469 |
| 2005 | 7 | 14,155 |
| 2006 | 6 | 16,646 |
| 2011 | 7 | 14,498 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: रचना

## 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.