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How popular is the name Dhruv?

Births per year, rank history and how many Dhruvs are alive today.

Dhruv (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 716th in 2025 with 49 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2011, when 79 babies were given the name, the 470th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 928 in 2016 before climbing back to the 716th place it holds today. Numbers have been rising in recent years.

The Dhruv you are most likely to meet is around 15 years old. Half of all Dhruvs born in England and Wales are between 8 and 20, and there are at least 1,300 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Dhruv - on average, only one in every 234 such rooms contains a Dhruv.

How many babies are named Dhruv each year?

020406080200020201996: 101997: 201998: 131999: 182000: 192001: 252002: 242003: 322004: 502005: 422006: 612007: 582008: 642009: 512010: 632011: 792012: 632013: 572014: 532015: 442016: 322017: 462018: 412019: 382020: 402021: 352022: 452023: 452024: 492025: 49actual

Where does Dhruv rank among boys' names?

1101001,0002,000200020201996: ranked 1,2351997: ranked 7881998: ranked 1,0551999: ranked 8692000: ranked 8482001: ranked 7072002: ranked 7812003: ranked 6802004: ranked 5232005: ranked 6282006: ranked 4942007: ranked 5382008: ranked 5272009: ranked 6272010: ranked 5432011: ranked 4702012: ranked 5692013: ranked 6032014: ranked 6432015: ranked 7402016: ranked 9282017: ranked 7432018: ranked 7862019: ranked 8132020: ranked 7812021: ranked 8712022: ranked 7312023: ranked 7382024: ranked 7212025: ranked 716

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Dhruv per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 79 in 2011
Dhruv: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Dhruv most popular?

Dhruv peaked in 2011, when 79 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Dhruv?

At least 1,300 people named Dhruv born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Dhruv?

Most living Dhruvs are between 8 and 20; the most common age is about 15.

Is Dhruv becoming more or less popular?

Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.






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