Shivaun — girls' name
65 babies named Shivaun in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1965. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
65 girls have been named Shivaun since 1956, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 2022.
- 65
- total births
- 1956–2022
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 38%
- born in that decade
38% of everyone ever named Shivaun was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Shivaun in 1965 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shivaun
The Social Security Administration has registered 65 babies named Shivaun between 1956 and 2022, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shivaun currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1965, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shivaun performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shivaun shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shivaun 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 65 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.
Shivaun at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shivaun popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1956
- Peak year (1965)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 67 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
65 total births across 67 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1965 with 9 births in a single year.
Shivaun by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 25 births that decade — 38% of Shivaun's all-time total
Shivaun decade highlights
- Peak decade 25 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Shivaun's strongest decade
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1956–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.