Girls' name · since 1985
Dhara
Dhara has 637 recorded births since 1985 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,133 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,230 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 637
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
637 babies have been named Dhara since 1985, making it today's #3230 girls' name.
Dhara has 637 recorded births among girls since 1985, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3230 as of the latest data, more common than 81% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1985 to 2025.
- #10,133 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,230 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 637 born since 1985
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dhara ranks #10,133 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,230 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 637 born since 1985, peaking in the 1990s.
- #10,133 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,230 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 637
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dhara's 637 recorded births place it above 85.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by New Jersey.
How Dhara compares
637 Top 40% higher than 60% of 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
Dhara's all-time total is 69% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dhara | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 637 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 49 | 21 | 19,840 |
Dhara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dhara's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1985, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 49, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dhara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 49
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Dhara by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (185 births, 29% of the file).
1990s was Dhara's strongest decade.
185 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Dhara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 34
1980s
34 births
- 1990s
1990s
185 births
- 2000s
2000s
168 births
- 2010s
2010s
109 births
- 2020s
2020s
141 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 185 births (29% of all-time use).
How Dhara compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Dhara's total volume
Dhara by state
Where Dhara concentrates geographically, total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 52 | 8.2% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 21 | 3.3% |
| #3 | California | | 14 | 2.2% |
| #4 | New York | | 12 | 1.9% |
| #5 | Florida | | 5 | 0.8% |
52 of 637 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Dhara's data
- Dhara's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (185 total births) through the 2020s (141) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New Jersey records the most Dharas (52 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Jersey 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 Dhara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1985–2025 (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 Dhara 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.