boys:
638 births since 1997
#3948 (14th percentile)
overall:
638 births since 1997
#7101 (8th percentile)
The name Dhruva is the #7,101 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 638 recorded births since 1997. This represents the 8.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,948 (13.9% percentile) for all time with 638 births since 1997.
Dhruva first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1997 (first recorded for boys in 1997).
For boys, Dhruva reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 6.4% percentile (ranked #858) with 33 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 33 births per million (ranked 6.4% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Dhruva ranks #870 for boys (4.5% percentile) with 25 births per million, which is 75.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dhruva".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Dhruva. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 51.4% confident that Dhruva is pronounced as DRUE-vuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DHRUE-vuh, at 28.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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