# Dhairya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dhairya/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “patience” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 130 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 130 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 78, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi धैर्य (dhairya, “patience”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 6 | 11,425 |
| 2009 | 10 | 7,850 |
| 2010 | 11 | 7,199 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11,155 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8,282 |
| 2014 | 13 | 6,385 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8,207 |
| 2016 | 7 | 9,926 |
| 2017 | 5 | 12,768 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,237 |
| 2021 | 8 | 9,031 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,216 |
| 2023 | 11 | 7,393 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8,496 |
| 2025 | 11 | 7,308 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: धैर्य

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.