Dheeraj — boys' name
75 babies named Dheeraj in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
52% of everyone ever named Dheeraj was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Dheeraj in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dheeraj
The Social Security Administration has registered 75 babies named Dheeraj between 2000 and 2017, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dheeraj currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dheeraj performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Dheeraj shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dheeraj 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 75 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.
Dheeraj at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dheeraj popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2000
- Peak year (2008)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
75 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 11 births in a single year.
Dheeraj by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 39 births that decade — 52% of Dheeraj's all-time total
Dheeraj decade highlights
- Peak decade 39 births
- Runner-up 36 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Dheeraj's strongest decade
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2000–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.