# Dhruv (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dhruv/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,474 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,474 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,266, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 163 | 1,119 |
| 2012 | 162 | 1,130 |
| 2013 | 147 | 1,222 |
| 2014 | 167 | 1,138 |
| 2015 | 157 | 1,182 |
| 2016 | 159 | 1,194 |
| 2017 | 169 | 1,130 |
| 2018 | 185 | 1,074 |
| 2019 | 210 | 997 |
| 2020 | 189 | 1,059 |
| 2021 | 179 | 1,136 |
| 2022 | 201 | 1,084 |
| 2023 | 190 | 1,113 |
| 2024 | 199 | 1,090 |
| 2025 | 195 | 1,100 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 79 | 470 |
| 2012 | 63 | 569 |
| 2013 | 57 | 603 |
| 2014 | 53 | 643 |
| 2015 | 44 | 740 |
| 2016 | 32 | 928 |
| 2017 | 46 | 743 |
| 2018 | 41 | 786 |
| 2019 | 38 | 813 |
| 2020 | 40 | 781 |
| 2021 | 35 | 871 |
| 2022 | 45 | 731 |
| 2023 | 45 | 738 |
| 2024 | 49 | 721 |
| 2025 | 49 | 716 |

## People named Dhruv

- Dhruv Kapila, badminton player

## 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.