Girls' name · since 1978
Shivon
Shivon has 136 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1982 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,817 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 136
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shivon is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 136 have been recorded since 1978.
Shivon has 136 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2024.
- #23,817 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 136 born since 1978
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shivon ranks #23,817 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 136 born since 1978, peaking in the 1980s.
- #23,817 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 136
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shivon's 136 recorded births place it above 67.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Shivon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shivon splits its recorded history at 1985: 35% of all births land in the more recent half, 65% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1991 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1982 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shivon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2024
- Peak year (1982)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Shivon by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (96 births, 71% of the file).
1980s was Shivon's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Shivon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 24
1970s
24 births
- 1980s
1980s
96 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 96 births (71% of all-time use).
Shivon by state
Where Shivon concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 3.7% |
5 of 136 births nationwide.
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- Shivon's decade-level peak was the 1980s (96 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.
- New York records the most Shivons (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shivon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1978–2024 (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 Shivon 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.