Dhruva — #2815 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Dhruva

The Social Security Administration has registered 684 babies named Dhruva between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dhruva currently holds the #2815 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 64 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dhruva performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 318 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dhruva shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 117 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Dhruva in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dhruva 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 684 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.