Dhriti
Feminine · “steadfastness”
Dhriti is steadfastness in Sanskrit — the capacity to hold firm, which the Bhagavad Gita treats as one of the divine qualities.
How old is the name Dhriti?
Dhriti first appears in US birth records in 2002 — 23 years ago. The typical Dhriti is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 900 people named Dhriti are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Dhriti most popular?
Dhriti peaked in 2025, reaching #1880 nationally. Today it ranks #1880, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From dhri to Dhriti
The story of Dhriti
The Bhagavad Gita's eighteenth chapter divides dhriti into three kinds by the quality of what it holds to — the steadiness that governs the mind and senses, the steadiness that clings to duty and gain, and the steadiness of the merely stubborn. Dhriti is a current Indian name and appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
steadfastness, courage, patience
From the Sanskrit dhriti, 'firmness', 'resolution' or 'fortitude', from the root dhri, 'to hold'. The Gita names it among the qualities of one born to a divine destiny, and classifies three kinds of it. The Sanskrit is documented and the meaning undisputed.
How the name formed
- dhri
- dhriti
- Dhriti
Related forms: धृति · Driti · Dhruti
Pronouncing Dhriti
DHRI-tee
Two syllables, stress on the first. The dh is an aspirated d and the r a light tap, neither of which English has.
Nicknames for Dhriti
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2002
- Most girls named
- 2025104 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1880reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +18.2%104 in 2025, from 88
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Dhriti in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- धृति in Hindi — transliteration
- Driti in English — spelling variant
- Dhruti in Sanskrit — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New Jersey.
Dhritis among us
people named Dhriti are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 15,454 born in 2025 was named Dhriti
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Breyanna test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Dhriti's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Breyanna climbed just as high around 1995, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Breyanna's path sketches the road Dhriti is walking now.
Dhriti is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Dhriti is headed
Dhriti looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 36% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Dhriti beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Dhriti in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The steadfastness meaning is transparent, undisputed and unusually substantial.
- The Gita's three-way division of the quality is a genuinely fine piece of thought.
- Riti is available as a short form that is a real name.
- The dhr cluster has no English equivalent and will be simplified.
- It will need spelling and pronouncing every time.
- It reads as specifically Indian.
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Frequently asked
- How many Dhritis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Dhriti are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Dhriti in 2025?
- Dhriti ranks #1880 among US girl names in 2025, with 104 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Dhriti?
- About 1 in every 15,454 US girls born in 2025 was named Dhriti — 104 in all.
- Will my child share the name Dhriti with classmates?
- Dhriti will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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