Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dhruva through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 744
- 744 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 64 babies
- 2025
- 60
- #2,309 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −3%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 60 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,309 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 2.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 64 in 2019. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (14). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 669 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 73,578 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dhruva’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Dhruva
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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