Shiva**
#5,385 most common boys' name of all time · #13,388 across all names · 66% male / 34% female · used 1968–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#5,385
Rank overall
#13,388 of 105,966
First appeared
1968
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
827
Since 2016
206
Peak year
2021 #4,284
Best rank
#3,794 1997
Girls
Boys
peak 30/yr
Shiva first appears in 1968. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,294 |
| 2024 | 7 | 17 | 24 | #5,501 |
| 2023 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,498 |
| 2022 | 9 | 12 | 21 | #6,941 |
| 2021 | 6 | 24 | 30 | #4,284 |
| 2020 | 7 | 12 | 19 | #6,734 |
| 2019 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,508 |
| 2018 | 6 | 20 | 26 | #4,803 |
| 2017 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,425 |
| 2016 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,467 |
| 2015 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,803 |
| 2014 | 8 | 15 | 23 | #5,818 |
| 2013 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,734 |
| 2012 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,552 |
| 2011 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,977 |
| 2010 | 9 | 13 | 22 | #6,458 |
| 2009 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,351 |
| 2008 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #7,865 |
| 2007 | 9 | 17 | 26 | #5,276 |
| 2006 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,593 |
| 2005 | 6 | 19 | 25 | #4,521 |
| 2004 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #6,653 |
| 2003 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #4,691 |
| 2002 | 6 | 22 | 28 | #3,846 |
| 2001 | 7 | 20 | 27 | #4,030 |
| 2000 | 8 | 16 | 24 | #4,647 |
| 1999 | 8 | 13 | 21 | #5,143 |
| 1998 | 9 | 13 | 22 | #4,976 |
| 1997 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,794 |
| 1996 | 12 | 12 | 24 | #4,997 |
| 1995 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,934 |
| 1994 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #6,066 |
| 1993 | 13 | 8 | 21 | #6,439 |
| 1992 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #6,931 |
| 1991 | 11 | 12 | 23 | #4,606 |
| 1990 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #5,570 |
| 1989 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #5,909 |
| 1988 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #6,783 |
| 1987 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1986 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1985 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1984 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1983 | 10 | 7 | 17 | #5,200 |
| 1982 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1981 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1980 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,909 |
| 1979 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1978 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1976 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1971 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1968 | 5 | — | 5 | — |