Dinesh — boys' name

What the Data Says About Dinesh

The Social Security Administration has registered 167 babies named Dinesh between 1964 and 2009, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dinesh currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dinesh performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Dinesh shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dinesh in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dinesh 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 167 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.