# Dheeraj (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dheeraj/  
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 | Dhiraj |
| US babies named this | 75 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 75 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi धीरज (dhīraj, “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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5 | 10,828 |
| 2001 | 6 | 9,580 |
| 2005 | 6 | 10,440 |
| 2007 | 8 | 9,115 |
| 2008 | 11 | 7,329 |
| 2010 | 5 | 12,750 |
| 2011 | 10 | 7,639 |
| 2012 | 9 | 8,328 |
| 2015 | 5 | 12,548 |
| 2016 | 5 | 12,695 |
| 2017 | 5 | 12,771 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: धीरज

## 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.