# Shiv (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shiv/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “the auspicious one” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,193 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,193 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 714, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Shiva, from Sanskrit शिव (Śivá, “the auspicious one”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 61 | 2,168 |
| 2012 | 68 | 2,044 |
| 2013 | 70 | 1,986 |
| 2014 | 87 | 1,749 |
| 2015 | 73 | 1,998 |
| 2016 | 82 | 1,842 |
| 2017 | 78 | 1,881 |
| 2018 | 69 | 2,078 |
| 2019 | 64 | 2,210 |
| 2020 | 73 | 1,976 |
| 2021 | 69 | 2,106 |
| 2022 | 88 | 1,835 |
| 2023 | 91 | 1,784 |
| 2024 | 92 | 1,793 |
| 2025 | 92 | 1,766 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 976 |
| 2012 | 29 | 977 |
| 2013 | 35 | 850 |
| 2014 | 25 | 1,093 |
| 2015 | 32 | 927 |
| 2016 | 35 | 884 |
| 2017 | 19 | 1,339 |
| 2018 | 24 | 1,132 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1,316 |
| 2020 | 24 | 1,111 |
| 2021 | 27 | 1,055 |
| 2022 | 22 | 1,224 |
| 2023 | 36 | 874 |
| 2024 | 33 | 945 |
| 2025 | 35 | 896 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.