How Many People Are Named Shiv?
people named Shiv are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 157,941 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,193 babies named Shiv in Social Security records from 1984 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
92 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Northern Indian form of SHIVA (1).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shiv in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shiv alive today is about 14 years old, and 92% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 22 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shiv first appears in the records in 1984 and was given most often in 2024, to 92 babies. In 2025, 92 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1984 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Shiv has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,749, in 2014. In 2025 it ranked #1,766.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,766 |
| Best rank | #1,749 (2014) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,989 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shiv alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shiv were born in California than in any other state: about 268 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shiv was given 8.5 times as often in New Jersey, 2.7 times in Illinois and 2 times in Georgia.
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