Dhriti
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DRIH-tee
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,779 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,880 for girls
Dhriti is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “firmness, resolve, patience”. In 2025 it ranked 1,779th for girls in the UK (17 babies) and 1,880th for girls in the US (104 babies).
What does Dhriti mean?
Sanskrit
“firmness, resolve, patience”
From Sanskrit dhriti, steadfastness, a quality the Bhagavad Gita divides into three kinds.
Is Dhriti a girl's or a boy's name?
Dhriti is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the UK and 104 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dhriti in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,779th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 126% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were named Dhriti, making it the 1,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Dhriti in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were given Dhriti or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,359, up from #1,779 for this spelling alone.
- Dhriti 17
- Drithi 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,719th in England and Wales.
Dhriti in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,779 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2022 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
How popular is Dhriti in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,880th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 104 about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 150% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 104 girls in the US were named Dhriti, making it the 1,880th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,141st. It first appears in the records in 2002.
2025 had the most girls named Dhriti of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Dhriti in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 119 girls in the US were given Dhriti or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,504, up from #1,880 for this spelling alone.
- Dhriti 104
- Drithi 15
Dhriti in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 104 | #1,880 |
| 2024 | 88 | #2,150 |
| 2023 | 90 | #2,124 |
| 2022 | 65 | #2,661 |
| 2021 | 73 | #2,440 |
| 2020 | 50 | #3,141 |
| 2019 | 33 | #4,259 |
| 2018 | 30 | #4,560 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 41 | #3,704 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,913 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,106 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 24 | #5,544 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
Names like Dhriti
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dhanvi, Saanvi, Sanvi, Yashvi, Vaani, Kashvi, Anvi, Krishvi, Aarvi, Aashvi, Tanvi, Pranshi
Other spellings of Dhriti
Names related to Dhriti
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, “Dhriti: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dhriti, updated 20 October 2026.