Suhana
Feminine · “pleasant”
Suhana is the Hindi and Urdu word for pleasant, and it is one of the small set of everyday adjectives that Indian naming took directly.
How old is the name Suhana?
Suhana first appears in US birth records in 2001 — 24 years ago. The typical Suhana is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 700 people named Suhana are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Suhana most popular?
Suhana peaked in 2017, reaching #2873 nationally. Today it ranks #4352, 1,479 places below that high. See the whole 2017 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Suhana
Suhana is the word for a fine day — suhana mausam, pleasant weather, is an ordinary phrase and a very common line in Hindi film songs, where good weather is a standing figure for happiness. The name is used across north India and Pakistan and reaches American and British records with families from both. Its everyday register is part of its appeal.
Meaning
pleasant, lovely
From Hindi and Urdu suhana, pleasant or agreeable, particularly of weather; the word is used constantly in film songs about fine days and evenings. Persian influence is likely in the formation.
Pronouncing Suhana
soo-HAH-nah
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. The h is fully sounded.
Nicknames for Suhana
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2001
- Most girls named
- 201758 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2873reached in 2017
- Change vs 2024
- −23.8%32 in 2025, from 42
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Suhana in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Suhana in Hindi — transliteration
- Suhana in Urdu — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Pennsylvania, New York, California.
Suhanas among us
people named Suhana are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 50,227 born in 2025 was named Suhana
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Karyna test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Suhana's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Karyna climbed just as high around 1997, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Karyna's path sketches the road Suhana is walking now.
Suhana sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Suhana is headed
Suhana should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Suhana beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Suhana in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning drawn from a living everyday word rather than a dictionary.
- Hana is a complete short form with lives in several languages.
- Six letters and three syllables, manageable to write.
- The h in the middle is swallowed by English speakers.
- Suhana, Sohana and Suhani are all in use and get confused.
- It is close to Susanna in an American ear.
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Frequently asked
- How many Suhanas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Suhana are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Suhana in 2025?
- Suhana ranks #4352 among US girl names in 2025, with 32 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Suhana?
- About 1 in every 50,227 US girls born in 2025 was named Suhana — 32 in all.
- Will my child share the name Suhana with classmates?
- Suhana will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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