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How popular is the name Shivani?

Births per year, rank history and how many Shivanis are alive today.

Shivani (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 4201st in 2025 and given to 5 babies. The name peaked in 1997, when 99 babies were given the name, the 342nd most popular that year. It has declined since 1997; the 2025 figure is roughly 5% of its peak.

The Shivani you are most likely to meet is around 29 years old. Half of all Shivanis born in England and Wales are between 22 and 33, and there are at least 1,500 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Shivani - on average, only one in every 210 such rooms contains a Shivani.

How many babies are named Shivani each year?

0255075100200020201996: 831997: 991998: 961999: 742000: 652001: 422002: 432003: 452004: 272005: 292006: 332007: 252008: 372009: 182010: 292011: 182012: 192013: 322014: 202015: 142016: 202017: 162018: 52019: 152020: 72021: 82022: 82023: 72024: 82025: 5actual

Where does Shivani rank among girls' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 3931997: ranked 3421998: ranked 3491999: ranked 4192000: ranked 4602001: ranked 6122002: ranked 6312003: ranked 6372004: ranked 9482005: ranked 9312006: ranked 8902007: ranked 1,1262008: ranked 8782009: ranked 1,5262010: ranked 1,1252011: ranked 1,6082012: ranked 1,5832013: ranked 1,0982014: ranked 1,5012015: ranked 1,9612016: ranked 1,5712017: ranked 1,8172018: ranked 3,9852019: ranked 1,8542020: ranked 3,1172021: ranked 2,9422022: ranked 2,8892023: ranked 3,2192024: ranked 3,0162025: ranked 4,201

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Shivani per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 99 in 1997
Shivani: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Shivani most popular?

Shivani peaked in 1997, when 99 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Shivani?

At least 1,500 people named Shivani born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Shivani?

Most living Shivanis are between 22 and 33; the most common age is about 29.

Is Shivani becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1997 peak.






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