# Shiva (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shiva/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “the auspicious one” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈʃiːvə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Shiv, Shivan, Siva |
| US babies named this | 827 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 543 / 284 (34% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 83, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8 | 11,637 |
| 2001 | 7 | 13,281 |
| 2002 | 6 | 15,130 |
| 2003 | 5 | 18,016 |
| 2004 | 5 | 18,407 |
| 2005 | 6 | 16,151 |
| 2007 | 9 | 12,529 |
| 2008 | 7 | 15,169 |
| 2010 | 9 | 12,117 |
| 2014 | 8 | 12,909 |
| 2018 | 6 | 15,399 |
| 2020 | 7 | 13,285 |
| 2021 | 6 | 15,009 |
| 2022 | 9 | 11,120 |
| 2024 | 7 | 13,280 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 9,466 |
| 2012 | 16 | 5,685 |
| 2013 | 15 | 5,875 |
| 2014 | 15 | 5,952 |
| 2015 | 7 | 10,455 |
| 2016 | 13 | 6,667 |
| 2017 | 13 | 6,614 |
| 2018 | 20 | 4,895 |
| 2019 | 13 | 6,723 |
| 2020 | 12 | 6,980 |
| 2021 | 24 | 4,346 |
| 2022 | 12 | 7,192 |
| 2023 | 23 | 4,594 |
| 2024 | 17 | 5,619 |
| 2025 | 24 | 4,370 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 | 2,220 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3,225 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: शिव

## People named Shiva

- Cosma Shiva Hagen, German actress
- Shiva Rose, American actress

## 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.