MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Archana mean?
Arcanā is an action noun from the worship root arc and describes an offering of reverence. The Sanskrit root arc concerns praise and reverent honour.
Pronunciation
IAST: arcanā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अर्चना
Letter-by-letter: arcanā
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Archana in Indian usage
400,178 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 397,528 records (99.3%).
- Recorded as male: 2,650 records (0.7%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 212 |
| 1940s | 806 |
| 1950s | 3,974 |
| 1960s | 20,835 |
| 1970s | 70,997 |
| 1980s | 160,955 |
| 1990s | 142,165 |
| Other decades | 234 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 165,011 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 72,345 |
| Bihar | 72,116 |
| Rajasthan | 17,974 |
| Jharkhand | 14,801 |
| Kerala | 10,139 |
| Haryana | 7,156 |
| Delhi | 6,699 |
| Tripura | 6,672 |
| Uttarakhand | 6,097 |
| Assam | 4,644 |
| Karnataka | 4,192 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 3,550 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2,399 |
| Maharashtra | 1,795 |
| Goa | 1,354 |
| Odisha | 1,297 |
| Chandigarh | 526 |
| Meghalaya | 333 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 270 |
| Puducherry | 261 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 159 |
| Sikkim | 112 |
| Other states | 276 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, arcana, p. 90,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name: Archana ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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