Dhwani — #8724 US girls' name
160 babies named Dhwani in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 51% of names given to girls today.
44% of everyone ever named Dhwani was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Dhwani in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dhwani
The Social Security Administration has registered 160 babies named Dhwani between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dhwani currently holds the #8724 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dhwani performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Dhwani shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dhwani in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dhwani 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 160 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.
Dhwani at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Dhwani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2002
- Peak year (2016)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
Currently ranks #8724 among girls.
160 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 14 births in a single year.
Dhwani by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 70 births that decade — 44% of Dhwani's all-time total
Dhwani decade highlights
- Peak decade 70 births
- Runner-up 54 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Dhwani's strongest decade
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Dhwani by state
Where Dhwani concentrates geographically — total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 12 | 7.5% |
12 of 160 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 7.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2002–2024 (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.