Dhanush
8
Babies in 2024
+167%
10-year change
2016
Peak · 8
—
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Dhanush
Dhanush is a rising UK boy's name. Registrations in 2024 (8) are up 167% on a decade earlier — one of the steeper climbs in the ONS data for England & Wales.
Dhanush reached its peak in 2016, when 8 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #2,556 for UK boys that year. Today's count is broadly in line with the peak.
Across 8 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 39 boys have been officially registered with the name Dhanush in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 28 boys were registered with the name, starting from 3 in 2014 and ending at 8 in 2024.