Dharma
- Last seen for girls in 2023 at #12,197
- Last seen for boys in 2023 at #8,255
- Given to girls 96.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1998 · 68 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 618since 1969
Dharma over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Dharma has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | #8,255 | 9 |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | — | |
| 2019 | #9,112 | 11 | — | |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,113 | 10 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,447 | 13 | — | |
| 2014 | #6,987 | 17 | — | |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 | — | |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 | — | |
| 2011 | #6,855 | 18 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,880 | 15 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,454 | 14 | — | |
| 2008 | #8,529 | 14 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,475 | 33 | — | |
| 2006 | #5,233 | 26 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,730 | 39 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,333 | 45 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,043 | 49 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,906 | 24 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,864 | 33 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,740 | 53 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,567 | 55 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,124 | 68 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | — | |
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| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | — | |
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| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1969
The first year at least five girls were named Dharma! It came in at #7,471, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1969–1971, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Dharma is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Dharma in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Dharma
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · girls
29 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1969
- Peaked 1998 at #2,124 (68 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 25,985
- Highest: 1 in 25,985 girls born in 1998 were named Dharma (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,226 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 53.4% of all girls named Dharma (330) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #7,471 (1969) | #7,471 |
| 1970s | 6 | #7,292 (1972) | #7,292 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 132 | #2,124 (1998) | #4,569 |
| 2000s | 330 | #2,740 (2000) | #4,831 |
| 2010s | 122 | #6,855 (2011) | #9,198 |
| 2020s | 23 | #12,197 (2023) | #14,032 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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