Shiva is a rare name used for both girls and boys that has climbed to its highest level yet, peaking in 2021.
Shiva is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4,370 for boy births in the United States (and #9,326 across all names), given to 24 babies. Shiva first appears in 1968 and peaked in 2021 (24 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,370 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | #13,280 | #5,619 |
| 2023 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,594 |
| 2022 | 21 | 21 | #11,120 | #7,192 |
| 2021 | 30 | 30 | #15,009 | #4,346 |
| 2020 | 19 | 19 | #13,285 | #6,980 |
| 2019 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,723 |
| 2018 | 26 | 26 | #15,399 | #4,895 |
| 2017 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,614 |
| 2016 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,667 |
| 2015 | 7 | 7 | — | #10,455 |
| 2014 | 23 | 23 | #12,909 | #5,952 |
| 2013 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,875 |
| 2012 | 16 | 16 | — | #5,685 |
| 2011 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,466 |
| 2010 | 22 | 22 | #12,117 | #6,649 |
| 2009 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,614 |
| 2008 | 17 | 17 | #15,169 | #8,211 |
| 2007 | 26 | 26 | #12,529 | #5,401 |
| 2006 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,740 |
| 2005 | 25 | 25 | #16,151 | #4,606 |
| 2004 | 16 | 16 | #18,407 | #6,908 |
| 2003 | 22 | 22 | #18,016 | #4,781 |
| 2002 | 28 | 28 | #15,130 | #3,893 |
| 2001 | 27 | 27 | #13,281 | #4,095 |
| 2000 | 24 | 24 | #11,637 | #4,756 |
| 1999 | 21 | 21 | #11,217 | #5,273 |
| 1998 | 22 | 22 | #9,988 | #5,121 |
| 1997 | 18 | — | — | #3,857 |
| 1996 | 24 | — | #7,515 | #5,136 |
| 1995 | 12 | — | — | #5,076 |
| 1994 | 16 | — | #11,611 | #6,279 |
| 1993 | 21 | — | #6,992 | #6,731 |
| 1992 | 14 | — | #11,558 | #7,285 |
| 1991 | 23 | — | #7,905 | #4,718 |
| 1990 | 17 | — | #10,054 | #5,743 |
| 1989 | 15 | — | #10,680 | #6,136 |
| 1988 | 14 | — | #9,120 | #7,119 |
| 1987 | 10 | — | #7,277 | — |
| 1986 | 7 | — | #9,410 | — |
| 1985 | 8 | — | #8,208 | — |
| 1984 | 8 | — | #8,043 | — |
| 1983 | 17 | — | #6,641 | #5,400 |
| 1982 | 8 | — | #8,113 | — |
| 1981 | 9 | — | #7,315 | — |
| 1980 | 6 | — | — | #6,138 |
| 1979 | 6 | — | #10,018 | — |
| 1978 | 7 | — | #8,414 | — |
| 1976 | 6 | — | #9,068 | — |
| 1971 | 5 | — | #9,408 | — |
| 1968 | 5 | — | #8,013 | — |