Vandana

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded; Sanskrit origin

Vandana has been given to 97 babies in the U.S. since 1972. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2000, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Vandana, 2015

1 in 740,000

Vandana over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Vandana: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded; Sanskrit origin

Sanskrit

What Vandana means

Vandana is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Vandana is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 97 girls were recorded with the name Vandana between 1972 and 2015. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2000; its best national rank was #7,539 in 1977.

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.

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How common is Vandana?

Vandana had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2015, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2015: 1 in 740,000; 5 of 3,701,574 births
Among girls only: 1 in 357,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2015: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 513,148 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Vandana 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 2015 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 513,148 children born in 2015 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Vandana. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Vandanas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Vandana was born before 1986 — so the typical Vandana is around 39 today.

Median birth year: 1986; About 39 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 35.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 40.2%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 97; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 35.1% of all recorded uses (34).

Is Vandana 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: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2000 (10)
Years since peak: 25; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 19.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,539; 1977

Spellings of Vandana

Vandana is not the most common spelling — Santana is, with 47.6% against Vandana's 0.78%.

Santana47.6%5,941
Sanjana17.5%2,189
Vanna16.1%2,009
Vanda13.5%1,683
Anjana4.6%573
Vandana0.78%97

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Vandana around the world

Where Vandana 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
1996–1996
#3,795
in 1996
France
1989–1989
#3,092
in 1989

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Vandana by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #7,539; 1977
Peak year: 2000; 10 that year
First recorded: 1972
Last recorded: 2015
All-time count: 97
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Vandana

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Vandana

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

For a sister

Madisen Nada Sydnie Sydni Savana Brigid Jackeline Gabriel

For a brother

Donavon Kevon Keshawn Syed Koby Shamar Johnson Lars

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