How rare is the name Aparna?

3,580 people in the United States have the first name Aparna, about 1 in 84,366. It ranks #4,962 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 5 others.

first name

APARNA

#4,962

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,580
About
1 in 84,366
This common or more
84.7%
Who bears it

Of the 3,580 people named Aparna, 97.2% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.5% as White. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Aparna peaked in 2004, when 27 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19702025
Peak year
2004
Births that year
27
In 2025*
5 ▼81%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 522 babies have been given the name since 1970. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Aparna by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #9,067. The largest share of babies named Aparna, 47.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#9,06785
1980s#10,93387
1990s#11,967113
2000s#11,264172
2010s#23,26555
2020s#33,74410
Generation X 1965–8017.8%
Millennials 1981–9626.8%
Generation Z 1997–1247.7%
2013 and later7.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Exactly as common as Aparna

5 other first names also have 3,580 people.

#4,962 Jerrie · 3,580#4,962 Josey · 3,580#4,962 Kenisha · 3,580#4,962 Rashid · 3,580#4,962 Roxy · 3,580

Either side of Aparna

#4,960 Nghia · 3,581#4,960 Xi · 3,581#4,962 Jerrie · 3,580#4,962 Josey · 3,580

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