Rachana
Rachanā is derived from the root verb – रच् - meaning – to arrange. Rachanā means – arrangement, preparation, disposition, formation, creation, production, performance, completion, array of troops, literary work, a creation of the mind, contrivance, invention e.g. chitra-rachana (drawing/painting), kāvya-rachana , anvaya-rachana.
- Marathi
- Hindi
- Gujarati
- Nepali
Meaning & Origin of Rachana
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rachanā is derived from the root verb – रच् - meaning – to arrange. Rachanā means – arrangement, preparation, disposition, formation, creation, production, performance, completion, array of troops, literary work, a creation of the mind, contrivance, invention e.g. chitra-rachana (drawing/painting), kāvya-rachana , anvaya-rachana.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Marathi
- Hindi
- Gujarati
- Nepali
The Story of Rachana
Rachana first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1977, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2002: 16 births, good for #6,698 nationwide. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 36% of all recorded Rachanas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2018 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 272 Rachanas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Rachana
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Rachana. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Rachana
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- Rachana Narayanankutty : an actress and television anchor from Kerala, India.
- Rachana Banerjee : an Indian Bengali actress in Calcutta-based Bengali Cinema at Tollywood.
- Rachana Maurya : an Indian dancer and film actress.
- Rachana Kamtekar : an American philosopher
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Names that sound like Rachana
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About the name Rachana
Rachana is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1977 and has accumulated 272 births in the dataset. Rachana's peak popularity came in 2002 when it ranked #6,698. Use the chart and map above to compare Rachana's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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