Dhruva
Masculine · “fixed”
Dhruva is the pole star in Sanskrit — the fixed one — and a boy of that name is said to have stood on one leg until Vishnu set him in the sky.
How old is the name Dhruva?
Dhruva first appears in US birth records in 1997 — 28 years ago. The typical Dhruva is a kid of about 7 — this name's wave is very recent. About 700 people named Dhruva are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Dhruva most popular?
Dhruva peaked in 2019, reaching #2188 nationally. Today it ranks #2304, 116 places below that high. See the whole 2019 chart.
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Where it comes from
From dhruva to Dhruva
The story of Dhruva
The Bhagavata Purana has a five-year-old prince, slighted by his stepmother, go into the forest and perform austerities until Vishnu appears and sets him in the sky as the unmoving star — the one point the heavens turn around. Dhruva is a standard Indian given name and is in current American use.
Meaning
fixed, constant, immovable
From the Sanskrit dhruva, 'fixed' or 'immovable', which names the pole star. The word is ordinary Sanskrit and the astronomical use documented. The Bhagavata Purana tells the story of the prince Dhruva. The reading is undisputed.
How the name formed
- dhruva
- Dhruva
Related forms: ध्रुव · Dhruv · Druv
Pronouncing Dhruva
DROO-vuh
Two syllables, stress on the first. The dh is an aspirated d English does not distinguish.
Nicknames for Dhruva
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
- 1997
- Most boys named
- 201964 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2188reached in 2019
- Change vs 2024
- +30.4%60 in 2025, from 46
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.
Dhruva in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- ध्रुव in Sanskrit — transliteration
- Dhruv in Hindi — related form
- Druv in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New Jersey.
Dhruvas among us
people named Dhruva are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 28,468 born in 2025 was named Dhruva
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 Hilman test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Dhruva's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Hilman climbed just as high around 1917, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Hilman's path sketches the road Dhruva is walking now.
Dhruva sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Dhruva is headed
Dhruva should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium 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.
Dhruva beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Dhruva in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That a child's austerity earns him the pole star is a first-rate story.
- The fixed-and-constant meaning is transparent and strong.
- Dhruv and Dru are two short forms, both usable.
- The aspirated dh is not distinguished in English.
- Dhruv and Dhruva are both in circulation.
- It reads as specifically Hindu.
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Frequently asked
- How many Dhruvas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Dhruva are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Dhruva in 2025?
- Dhruva ranks #2304 among US boy names in 2025, with 60 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Dhruva?
- About 1 in every 28,468 US boys born in 2025 was named Dhruva — 60 in all.
- Will my child share the name Dhruva with classmates?
- Dhruva will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Dhruva
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