Dharma — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dharma

The Social Security Administration has registered 618 babies named Dharma between 1969 and 2023, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dharma currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 68 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dharma performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 330 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Dharma shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 43 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Dharma in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dharma in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 618 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.