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Prarthana

#14,510 in 2025Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded; Sanskrit origin

Prarthana has been given to 77 babies in the U.S. since 2000. In 2025 it ranked #14,510 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2008, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Prarthana, 2025

1 in 553,000

Prarthana over time, 1880–2025

Girls
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Prarthana: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded; Sanskrit origin

Sanskrit

What Prarthana means

Prarthana is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Prarthana is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 77 girls were recorded with the name Prarthana between 2000 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2008; its best national rank was #10,895 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #10,895 in 2020 to #14,510 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #14,159 in 2015 to #14,510 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Prarthana?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 268,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#14,510
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Prarthana sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Prarthana. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Prarthanas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Prarthana was born before 2015 — so the typical Prarthana is around 10 today.

Median birth year
2015
About 10 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
54.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
93.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
77
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Choose a decade

2010s — 54.5% of all recorded uses (42).

Is Prarthana rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
—
Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
−3,615
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−351
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.86×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
60.0%
Peak was 2008 (10)
Years since peak
17
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#10,895
2020

Prarthana around the world

Where Prarthana ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2008–2025
    #3,705
    in 2025
  • South Australia
    2010–2010
    #801
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Prarthana by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#14,510
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 3,615
Best rank ever
#10,895
2020
Peak year
2008
10 that year
First recorded
2000
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
77
Count in 2025
6

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Sibling names for Prarthana

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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