Rohini
Rohini is a South‑Asian feminine given name of Sanskrit origin. It literally means “ascending”, “growing”, “red one”, and by extension “star” and “cow”, reflecting its links to the reddish star Aldebaran and to fertility symbolism in Hindu culture.
Meaning & Origin of Rohini
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rohini is a South‑Asian feminine given name of Sanskrit origin. It literally means “ascending”, “growing”, “red one”, and by extension “star” and “cow”, reflecting its links to the reddish star Aldebaran and to fertility symbolism in Hindu culture.
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The Story of Rohini
Rohini first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1978, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2001, when 17 Rohinis were born — ranking #6,322 that year. As of 2026, Rohini ranks #15,243 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 330 Rohinis have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Rohini
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- Rohini Arora , Canadian politician
- Rohini Balakrishnan , Indian bioacoustics expert
- Rohini Banerjee , Indian actress and model
- Rohini Bhate (1924 – 2008), Indian Kathak dancer and scholar
- Rohini Chowdhury (born 1963), Indian author and literary translator
- Rohini Kumar Chaudhuri (1899–1955), Indian politician
- Rohini Sindhuri Dasari (born 1984), Indian bureaucrat
- Rohini Devasher , Indian contemporary artist
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About the name Rohini
Rohini is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1978 and has accumulated 330 births in the dataset. Rohini's peak popularity came in 2001 when it ranked #6,322. Use the chart and map above to compare Rohini'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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