Dhara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DAH-ra
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,211 for girls
Dhara is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “stream; flow; the earth”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 3,211th for girls in the US (49 babies).
What does Dhara mean?
Sanskrit: Sanskrit dhara
“stream; flow; the earth”
Is Dhara a girl's or a boy's name?
Dhara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 49 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dhara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Dhara, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 8 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Dhara than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Dhara in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were given Dhara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,686, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.
- Daire 8
- Dhara 7
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Dhara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
How popular is Dhara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,211among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 49about 1 in 33,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 49 girls in the US were named Dhara, making it the 3,211th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. It first appears in the records in 1985.
2025 had the most girls named Dhara of any year since it first appeared, in 1985.
Half of all the girls named Dhara in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dhara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | #3,211 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,431 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,571 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,734 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,516 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
Names like Dhara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha Viha Divisha Krisha Dhyana Priya Dhriti Dhanvi Navya Kridha Kavya Nishtha
Other spellings of Dhara
Names related to Dhara
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya
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, “Dhara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dhara, updated 20 October 2026.