Rakshana
Rakshana (transl. Indemnity) is a 1993 Telugu-language action film written and directed by Uppalapati Narayana Rao. It was produced by Venkat Akkineni under Annapurna Studios. It stars Nagarjuna and Shobhana, with music composed M. M. Keeravani. Upon release, the film received widely positive reviews and remained a box office hit.
Meaning & Origin of Rakshana
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Rakshana (transl. Indemnity) is a 1993 Telugu-language action film written and directed by Uppalapati Narayana Rao. It was produced by Venkat Akkineni under Annapurna Studios. It stars Nagarjuna and Shobhana, with music composed M. M. Keeravani. Upon release, the film received widely positive reviews and remained a box office hit.
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The Story of Rakshana
Rakshana first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 2015, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2015: 6 births, good for #14,477 nationwide. Rakshana last appeared in the published SSA data in 2015, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 6 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
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About the name Rakshana
Rakshana is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2015 and has accumulated 6 births in the dataset. Rakshana's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #14,477. Use the chart and map above to compare Rakshana'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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