Dhanya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DHUN-yah
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Dhanya is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “fortunate, blessed”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Dhanya mean?
Sanskrit: from dhanya 'fortunate, blessed'
“fortunate, blessed”
Is Dhanya a girl's or a boy's name?
Dhanya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dhanya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Dhanya, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2013, with 7 girls.
2025 had more girls named Dhanya than any year since 2019.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Dhanya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
How popular is Dhanya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Dhanya, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2017, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Dhanya in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dhanya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
Names like Dhanya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aadhya, Prisha, Navya, Arya, Dhriti, Aarya, Kavya, Aavya, Saanvi, Viha, Divisha, Vanya
Names related to Dhanya
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Shivansh
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dhanya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dhanya, updated 20 October 2026.