Shiv — #1782 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Shiv

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,101 babies named Shiv between 1984 and 2024, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shiv currently holds the #1782 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 92 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shiv performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 719 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shiv shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 259 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Shiv in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shiv in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,101 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.