Fun Facts About the Name Mohana
- 23 babies named Mohana: U.S. records list 23 babies given the name Mohana from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Mohana Mean?
Mohana is a Sanskrit word usually translated as "enchanting," "charming," or "bewitching," and it is from Sanskrit that the name comes. It is built on the root muh, "to be bewildered, confused, or infatuated," and the noun moha, "delusion, bewilderment, infatuation." With the suffix -ana, the word means roughly "causing bewilderment" - something so lovely or compelling that it overwhelms the senses. The literal sense is closer to "infatuating" than to simple prettiness.
Related words grew from the same root but are distinct names: the masculine Mohan and the feminine Mohini, the latter being the female form Vishnu takes in Hindu narrative. In devotional usage, mohana also refers to the power of illusion that clouds the mind.
Mohana Name History & Origins
Sanskrit literature uses mohana as a descriptive adjective well before it is used as a personal name. In Vaishnava tradition it is an epithet of Krishna and Vishnu: Krishna is called Mohana, the enchanter, and his flute is described as the sound that bewilders the senses of those who hear it. The word also appears among the epithets in the Vishnu Sahasranama, the hymn of Vishnu's thousand names, and it is the source of the name Mohini, the form Vishnu takes in the story of the churning of the ocean.
As a given name, Mohana is used in India and among South Asian communities elsewhere, for both men and women; Mohan is the common masculine form and Mohini a feminine one. In South India, Mohana (often spelled Mohanam) is also the name of a pentatonic Carnatic raga, a janya of the melakarta Harikambhoji; the same scale is called Bhoopali or Bhup in Hindustani music. That musical use of the word is separate from its use as a personal name.
How Popular is the Name Mohana?
Mohana has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2017. Its best rank was #8,635 in 2017.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #16,513 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #16,966 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #8,635 | 13 | 0.0008% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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