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How popular is the name Shiv?
Births per year, rank history and how many Shivs are alive today.
Shiv (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 896th in 2025 with 35 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2023, when 36 babies were given the name, the 874th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2013, with 35 babies given the name that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 1339 in 2017 before climbing back to the 896th place it holds today. Numbers have been rising in recent years.
The Shiv you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old - or else around 14: the name has two living generations. Half of all Shivs born in England and Wales are between 8 and 23, and there are at least 800 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Shiv - on average, only one in every 379 such rooms contains a Shiv.
How many babies are named Shiv each year?
Where does Shiv rank among boys' names?
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.
Common questions
When was the name Shiv most popular?
Shiv peaked in 2023, when 36 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Shiv?
At least 800 people named Shiv born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Shiv?
Most living Shivs are between 8 and 23; the most common age is about 2. There is a second cluster around 14.
Is Shiv becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.