Shiva
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161
- #4,249 for boys in 2025, 24 births
- Given to boys 65.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1997 · 18 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 543since 1980
Shiva over time
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,249 | 24 | |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | #5,443 | 17 |
| 2023 | — | #4,456 | 23 | |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | #6,828 | 12 |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | #4,247 | 24 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #6,620 | 12 |
| 2019 | — | #6,406 | 13 | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #4,739 | 20 |
| 2017 | — | #6,338 | 13 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,349 | 13 | |
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | #5,733 | 15 |
| 2013 | — | #5,659 | 15 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,482 | 16 | |
| 2011 | — | #8,767 | 8 | |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 | #6,359 | 13 |
| 2009 | — | #7,236 | 11 | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | #5,210 | 17 |
| 2006 | — | #5,525 | 15 | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #4,464 | 19 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #4,616 | 17 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #3,794 | 22 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #3,974 | 20 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | #4,573 | 16 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #5,035 | 13 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | #4,873 | 13 |
| 1997 | — | #3,738 | 18 | |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | #4,878 | 12 |
| 1995 | — | #4,791 | 12 | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | — | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | — | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | — | |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | — | |
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | — | |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | — | |
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| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1980
The first year at least five boys were named Shiva! It came in at #5,525, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1981–1982, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Shiva is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- California#2,471 · 1 in 35,095
Best ever in a state: #1,304 in New York, 1988.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #2,471 | 5 | 1 in 35,095 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Shiva
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 1,194 spots since 2024 (#5,443 → #4,249)
- 2,371 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #4,249)
- 5,319 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #4,249)
Rise & fade · boys
17 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1980
- Peaked 1997 at #3,738 (18 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 71,170
- Highest: 1 in 71,170 boys born in 2025 were named Shiva (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #3,738 in 1997, was only 1 in 104,730 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 29.1% of all boys named Shiva (158) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1997
- Mostly girls until 1996, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 27 | #4,907 (1983) | #5,618 |
| 1990s | 113 | #3,738 (1997) | #5,194 |
| 2000s | 158 | #3,794 (2002) | #5,361 |
| 2010s | 133 | #4,739 (2018) | #6,540 |
| 2020s | 112 | #4,247 (2021) | #5,307 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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