Kalpana
Origin
Sanskrit
Syllables
3
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
“Sanskrit for imagination; famously borne by Kalpana Chawla, the first woman of Indian origin to fly in space.”
Popularity, 1890–2024
Kalpana does not appear in US Social Security baby-name records, which list only names given to at least five babies in a year. There is no popularity curve to chart: a genuinely rare pick.
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