Boys' name · since 2000
Dheeraj
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.
- #19,336 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 75
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Dheeraj is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 75 have been recorded since 2000.
Dheeraj has 75 recorded births among boys since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2017.
- #19,336 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 75 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dheeraj ranks #19,336 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 75 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,336 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 75
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Dheeraj's 75 recorded births place it above 57.33% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dheeraj's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dheeraj's full recorded timeline at 2010, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2000, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dheeraj popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2017
- Peak year (2008)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Dheeraj by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (39 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Dheeraj's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Dheeraj births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
36 births
- 2010s
2010s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 39 births (52% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dheeraj: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~17 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, 2000–2017 (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 Dheeraj 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.