Boys' name · since 1986
Shivan
Shivan has 210 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,669 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,892 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 210
- born since 1986
- 2020s
- peak decade
Shivan currently ranks #7892 among boys' names in America, with 210 babies recorded since 1986.
Shivan has 210 recorded births among boys since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7892 as of the latest data, more common than 43% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2025.
- #12,669 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,892 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 210 born since 1986
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shivan ranks #12,669 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,892 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 210 born since 1986, peaking in the 2020s.
- #12,669 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,892 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 210
- born since 1986
- 2020s
- peak decade
Shivan's 210 recorded births place it above 72.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Shivan compares
210 39th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Shivan's all-time total is 43% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shivan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 210 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Shivan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shivan splits its recorded history at 2009: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1986 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shivan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Shivan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (58 births, 28% of the file).
2020s was Shivan's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Shivan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 19
1980s
19 births
- 1990s
1990s
29 births
- 2000s
2000s
52 births
- 2010s
2010s
52 births
- 2020s
2020s
58 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 58 births (28% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1986–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shivan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.