Dhruva comes from the Sanskrit / Indian tradition, meaning Steadfast, fixed, firm, immovable..
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How popular is Dhruva?
2019peak year
Today, Dhruva is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #2983), with only about 44 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2019, 64 babies were given the name (ranked #2192 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2010s. Dhruva's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 684 babies have been registered as Dhruva since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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