NameTides

Dhruv

Dhruv was the #1,097 boys' name in the US in 2025 (195 babies), and #716 in England & Wales and #625 in Canada.

Dhruv as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Dhruv as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020IrelandCanadaEngland & WalesScotlandUS
Dhruv as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,097 (195)#716 (49)#762 (3)#262 (17)#625 (46)
2024#1,090 (199)#721 (49)—#582 (5)#586 (46)
2023#1,111 (190)#738 (45)#728 (3)—#652 (40)
2022#1,084 (201)#731 (45)——#745 (34)
2021#1,135 (179)#871 (35)—#552 (5)#673 (40)
2020#1,058 (189)#781 (40)—#637 (4)#847 (28)
2019#997 (210)#813 (38)#701 (3)#764 (3)#973 (23)
2018#1,074 (185)#786 (41)——#1,219 (16)
2017#1,129 (169)#743 (46)#602 (4)—#1,038 (21)
2016#1,194 (159)#928 (32)#707 (3)—#1,069 (20)
2015#1,182 (157)#740 (44)——#1,319 (14)
2014#1,137 (167)#643 (53)——#898 (25)
2013#1,216 (147)#603 (57)——#1,109 (18)
2012#1,130 (162)#569 (63)—#718 (3)#1,781 (9)
2011#1,118 (163)#470 (79)#648 (3)—#1,163 (17)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #997.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1987.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,800 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 5,600uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Dhruv is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,400 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 7,700 to 1 in 9,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Dhruv by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #382WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,410NYMassachusetts: #507MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #913PANew Jersey: #543NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #708CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #875VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #927TNNorth Carolina: #678NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #919GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #789TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Dhruv (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#42929

Dhruv (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DhruvCanadaBoys#62546
DhruvEngland & WalesBoys#71649
DhruvIrelandBoys#26217
DhruvNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DhruvScotlandBoys#7623
DhruvUSBoys#1,097195