Girls' name · since 1998
Dhanya
Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 288 babies named Dhanya, peaking in 2017. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,267 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,915 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 288
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
288 babies have been named Dhanya since 1998, making it today's #13915 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dhanya has been recorded 288 times among girls since 1998, currently ranked #13915 nationally and more common than 20% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #16,267 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,915 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 288 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dhanya ranks #16,267 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,915 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 288 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,267 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,915 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 288
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Dhanya's 288 recorded births place it above 77.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Dhanya compares
288 44th 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
Dhanya's all-time total is 23% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dhanya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 288 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 21 | 19,840 |
Dhanya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dhanya's full recorded timeline at 2012, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dhanya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Dhanya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (158 births, 55% of the file).
2010s was Dhanya's strongest decade.
158 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Dhanya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
73 births
- 2010s
2010s
158 births
- 2020s 47
2020s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 158 births (55% of all-time use).
Dhanya by state
Where Dhanya concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 2.1% |
6 of 288 births nationwide.
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What to do with Dhanya's data
- Dhanya's decade-level peak was the 2010s (158 total births); usage has since declined to 47 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Dhanyas (6 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 Dhanya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Dhanya 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.