Shivam — #3636 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Shivam

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,532 babies named Shivam between 1986 and 2024, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shivam currently holds the #3636 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 94 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shivam performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 534 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shivam shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 234 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Shivam in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shivam 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 1,532 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.