Sahana

“Patience, endurance” — Sanskrit origin

Girl's name · #1921 in the US (2025) · 2010s

Sahana's best rank, #1425, came in 2011; it has settled back to #1921 today. Roughly 2,900 girls have been named Sahana since 1991.

Around the world: about 1 in 8,600 girls in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 19,000 girls in England & Wales (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 10 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Sahanas

Sahana Pradhan — Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal (1927-2014)
Sahana Kumari — Indian high jumper
Sahana Bajracharya — Miss Nepal 2010, model and Television personality
Sahana Devi — Indian singer, writer
Sahana Bajpaie — Indian singer, songwriter and contemporary Rabindra Sangeet vocalist

Among 17 notable people named Sahana:

Sports figures appear 2.1× more often than among typical names — e.g. Sahana Shivamogga, Indian basketball player.

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