Shiven — #5566 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Shiven

The Social Security Administration has registered 479 babies named Shiven between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shiven currently holds the #5566 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 46 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shiven performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 237 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shiven shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 54 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Shiven in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shiven 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 479 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.