Dhruva
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,304 for boys
Dhruva is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 2,304th for boys in the US (60 babies).
What does Dhruva mean?
Sanskrit
A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Dhruva a girl's or a boy's name?
Dhruva is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 60 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dhruva in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Dhruva, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Dhruva in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Dhruva in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
How popular is Dhruva in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,304among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 60about 1 in 28,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 60 boys in the US were named Dhruva, making it the 2,304th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,585th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 64 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
2025 had more boys named Dhruva than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Dhruva in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dhruva in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 | #2,304 |
| 2024 | 46 | #2,789 |
| 2023 | 46 | #2,768 |
| 2022 | 42 | #2,960 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,020 |
| 2020 | 49 | #2,585 |
| 2019 | 64 | #2,187 |
| 2018 | 57 | #2,324 |
| 2017 | 42 | #2,839 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,680 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 28 | #3,694 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
Names like Dhruva
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Shivansh Vihaan Avyaan Yuvraj Devansh Krishiv Aviraj Dhruvansh Veer Viraj Atharv
Names related to Dhruva
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Aadhya Ishaan Siya Leena Veda India
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, “Dhruva: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dhruva, updated 20 October 2026.