How rare is the name Dhruv?

4,611 people in the United States have the first name Dhruv, about 1 in 65,502. It ranks #4,162 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

DHRUV

#4,162

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,611
About
1 in 65,502
This common or more
83.6%
Who bears it

Of the 4,611 people named Dhruv, 94.2% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2.5% as White and 1.7% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Dhruv peaked in 2019, when 210 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19872025
Peak year
2019
Births that year
210
In 2025*
195 ▼7%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 4,474 babies have been given the name since 1987. 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.

Dhruv by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #2,293. The largest share of babies named Dhruv, 52.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1980s#19,80023
1990s#6,605264
2000s#2,7161,335
2010s#2,4511,699
2020s#2,2931,153
Millennials 1981–963.3%
Generation Z 1997–1244.3%
2013 and later52.5%

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.

Where Dhruv is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Dhruv has been most common in New Jersey (5.4×), Washington (2.9×), and California (2.4×), and least common in Ohio (0.28×).

3,322 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Dhruv

1 other first name also has 4,611 people.

#4,162 Leela · 4,611

Either side of Dhruv

#4,160 Dedra · 4,614#4,160 Rufino · 4,614#4,162 Leela · 4,611#4,164 Ly · 4,610

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dhruv, most common first.

#16,739 Dhruva · 669#22,206 Dhruvi · 450

Also a last name

As a last name, Dhruv ranks #100,867 of 156,621, with 191 people. See Dhruv as a last name

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