Recorded 2000–2017 Boys' name Peak 2008 75 births

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.

2000s362010s39
2010s
Peak decade

52% of everyone ever named Dheeraj was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

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 2017

Total births

75

Since 2000

18 years of records

Peak year

2008

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

2000

Recorded for 18 years

Last year on file: 2017

Dheeraj popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2000

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2008)
11
Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
4681012 20172016201520122011201020082007200520012000 5

Dheeraj by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
39 births that decade — 52% of Dheeraj's all-time total
2000s362010s39

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Dheeraj?
75 babies have been named Dheeraj since 2000. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2008 with 11 births.
When was Dheeraj most popular?
Dheeraj was most popular in the 2010s decade with 39 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Dheeraj been used?
Dheeraj has been recorded in Social Security data since 2000, spanning 18 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Dheeraj?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Dheeran, Dheer, Dheera, Dhev, and 1 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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.