Dhara

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Dhara: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Dhara: Recorded since 1997, it reached #2,226 in 2001, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#2226highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2738
1999	#2770
2000	#2416
2001	#2226
2002	#4137
2003	#3594
2005	#2438
2006	#2781
2007	#3667
2008	#3005
2009	#3031
2010	#5707
2011	#4049
2012	#3681
2013	#5742
2014	#5691
2015	#4736
2016	#5785
2018	#4684
2019	#3541
2020	#5493
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 22 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2738 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #2226 among girls in England and Wales, in 2001 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Dhara by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Dhara in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	10	2 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	54	9 of 10	6
2010s	37	9 of 10	4
2020s	6	2 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Dhara appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2226 in England and Wales in 2001.

Dhara's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,226, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
12 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
8births registered in its largest year, 2005Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Dhanvi · #898, 14y
Dharam · #2039, 17y
Dhiaan · #1991, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Amethyst · #2226, 26y
Haneefah · #2226, 23y
Lorenza · #2226, 17y
Moli · #2226, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Amethyst · #2226, 26y
Haneefah · #2226, 23y
Lorenza · #2226, 17y
Moli · #2226, 26y

Dhara and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Dhara without appearing here.

Dhara moved ahead of

Gail Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3667 and #3667 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #3005 and #5545.
Lene Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5707 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3681 and #5876.
Carol Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3541 and #5591.
Cian Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3594 and #3594 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2438 and #3970.

Moved ahead of Dhara

Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2226 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #938.
Francis Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #2449.
Meabh Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3681 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #5742 and #2887.
Finley Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #5591 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #2843.

Moved the opposite way to Dhara

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dhara went from #2738 to #5891 while Ada went from #1543 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dhara went from #2738 to #5891 while Alma went from #2411 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dhara went from #2738 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #506 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dhara went from #2738 to #5891 while Amalie went from #3824 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Dhara

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dhara went from #2738 to #5891 and Abigail from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dhara went from #2738 to #5891 and Aimee from #61 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dhara went from #2738 to #5891 and Aisling from #496 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Dhara went from #2738 to #5891 and Alex from #179 to #2253.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2226 in England and Wales in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Dhara

Dhara at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dhara by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Dhara appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Dhara and the names beside it

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Dhara at a glance

Dhara by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Dhara appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Dhara and the names beside it

Dhara moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Dhara

Moved the opposite way to Dhara

Moved the same way as Dhara