Girls' name · since 1956
Shivaun
Since 1956, U.S. Social Security records show 65 babies named Shivaun, peaking in 1965. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #32,019 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 65
- born since 1956
- 1960s
- peak decade
65 girls have been named Shivaun since 1956, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shivaun has 65 recorded births among girls since 1956, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 2022.
- #32,019 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 65 born since 1956
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shivaun ranks #32,019 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 65 born since 1956, peaking in the 1960s.
- #32,019 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 65
- born since 1956
- 1960s
- peak decade
Shivaun's 65 recorded births place it above 55.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shivaun's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shivaun splits its recorded history at 1969: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1959 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1965 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shivaun popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–2022
- Peak year (1965)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Shivaun by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (25 births, 38% of the file).
1960s was Shivaun's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Shivaun births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
12 births
- 1960s
1960s
25 births
- 1970s
1970s
12 births
- 1980s
1980s
11 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 25 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Shivaun's decade-level peak was the 1960s (25 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shivaun: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1965)
Similar record span (~66 yrs)
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, 1956–2022 (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 Shivaun 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.