Boys' name · since 2021

Dhev

11 babies named Dhev in U.S. Social Security records since 2021, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#33,398 of 45,481
all-time among boys
11
born since 2021
2020s
peak decade

Dhev is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 11 have been recorded since 2021.

Dhev has 11 recorded births among boys since 2021, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2021 to 2023.

  • #33,398 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 11 born since 2021
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dhev ranks #33,398 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 2021, peaking in the 2020s.

#33,398 of 45,481
all-time among boys
11
born since 2021
2020s
peak decade
Rare archive record
All-time archive position

Dhev's 11 recorded births place it above 24.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Dhev's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Dhev's full recorded timeline at 2023, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2021, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Dhev popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2023

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2023)
6
Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
4.555.566.5 20212023 6

Dhev by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (11 births, 100% of the file).

2020s was Dhev's strongest decade.

11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Dhev births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 11 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Dhev?
11 babies have been named Dhev since 2021. All-time, it sits at #33,398 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2023 with 6 births.
Where does Dhev sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dhev ranks #33,398 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Dhev most popular?
Dhev was most popular in the 2020s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 2023.
How long has the name Dhev been used?
The SSA has tracked Dhev since 2021 -- 3 years through the most recent 2023 data.
What names are similar to Dhev?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Dheeran, Dheeraj, Dheer, Dheera, and 1 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Dhev: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2021–2023 (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 Dhev 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.