Rehana
Rehana is a name with multiple cultural origins: Urdu, Bengali.
- Urdu
- Bengali
Meaning & Origin of Rehana
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rehana is a name with multiple cultural origins: Urdu, Bengali.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Urdu
- Bengali
The Story of Rehana
American parents first put Rehana on the record books as a baby girl name in 1973, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2006, when 16 Rehanas were born — ranking #7,482 that year. About 26% of every Rehana on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Rehana last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 324 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Rehana
Rehana is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1973 and has accumulated 324 births in the dataset. Rehana's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #7,482. Use the chart and map above to compare Rehana'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.