# Shivani (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shivani/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,869 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,869 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 947, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शिवानी (śivānī).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 75 | 2,453 |
| 2012 | 49 | 3,356 |
| 2013 | 43 | 3,638 |
| 2014 | 43 | 3,645 |
| 2015 | 39 | 3,910 |
| 2016 | 44 | 3,576 |
| 2017 | 38 | 3,985 |
| 2018 | 45 | 3,489 |
| 2019 | 37 | 3,993 |
| 2020 | 25 | 5,148 |
| 2021 | 24 | 5,377 |
| 2022 | 21 | 5,957 |
| 2023 | 22 | 5,720 |
| 2024 | 33 | 4,370 |
| 2025 | 20 | 6,086 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 1,608 |
| 2012 | 19 | 1,583 |
| 2013 | 32 | 1,098 |
| 2014 | 20 | 1,501 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,961 |
| 2016 | 20 | 1,571 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,817 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 15 | 1,854 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,942 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,888 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## 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.