How Many People Are Named Dharma?
people named Dharma are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 540,798 people in the US has this name
Based on 640 babies named Dharma in Social Security records from 1969 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
68 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "that which is established, law, duty, virtue" in Sanskrit.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Dharma, 96.6% were girls and 3.4% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dharma alive today is about 20 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 15 and 25 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dharma first appears in the records in 1969 and was given most often in 1998, to 68 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1969 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Dharma has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,126, in 1998.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,126 (1998) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,217 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dharma alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dharma were born in California than in any other state: about 43 of those alive today.
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