Is Dharma a boy or girl name?

Dharma is a girl’s name. Of the 640 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 96.6% were girls and 3.4% were boys.

Dharma

Recorded 1969–2023 · United States

Dharma was most popular in 1998, when 68 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,601 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 640 people named Dharma.

Dharma over time

Births per year. The dot marks Dharma’s peak in 1998. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Dharma a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Dharma is a girl’s name — 96.6% of the 640 Americans given it were girls and 3.4% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 80% girls and 20% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org