Girls' name · since 1964
Dhana
Dhana has 120 recorded births since 1964 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1965 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,097 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,243 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 120
- born since 1964
- 1960s
- peak decade
Dhana currently ranks #15243 among girls' names in America, with 120 babies recorded since 1964.
Dhana has 120 recorded births among girls since 1964, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15243 as of the latest data, more common than 12% of girls, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 2025.
- #25,097 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,243 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 120 born since 1964
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dhana ranks #25,097 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,243 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 120 born since 1964, peaking in the 1960s.
- #25,097 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,243 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 120
- born since 1964
- 1960s
- peak decade
Dhana's 120 recorded births place it above 65.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Dhana compares
120 28th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Dhana's all-time total is 68% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dhana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 120 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 21 | 19,840 |
Dhana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dhana's SSA record in two at 1970 and the more recent half accounts for 26% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 74%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1965 peak of 26, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dhana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–2025
- Peak year (1965)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 62 years of records
Dhana by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (89 births, 74% of the file).
1960s was Dhana's strongest decade.
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Dhana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
89 births
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 89 births (74% of all-time use).
Dhana by state
Where Dhana concentrates geographically, total births since 1964
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 14 | 11.7% |
| #2 | New York | | 5 | 4.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5 | 4.2% |
14 of 120 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Dhana's data
- Dhana's decade-level peak was the 1960s (89 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Dhanas (14 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dhana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1965)
Similar record span (~61 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1964–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dhana draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.