Shiv

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Shiv: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Shiv: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #809, and it stood at #945 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#809highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1040
1997	#809
1998	#924
1999	#809
2000	#1096
2001	#983
2002	#1322
2003	#889
2004	#1038
2005	#1014
2006	#1084
2007	#1014
2008	#987
2009	#1133
2010	#970
2011	#976
2012	#977
2013	#850
2014	#1093
2015	#927
2016	#884
2017	#1339
2018	#1132
2019	#1316
2020	#1111
2021	#1055
2022	#1224
2023	#874
2024	#945

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1040 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #809 among boys in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #945 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Shiv by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Shiv in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	68	4 of 10	17
2000s	194	10 of 10	19
2010sbusiest	275	10 of 10	28
2020s	142	5 of 10	28

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 28 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Shiv appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #809 in England and Wales in 1999.

Shiv's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#945	33	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#874	36	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1224	22	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1055	27	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1111	24	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1316	19	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1132	24	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1339	19	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#884	35	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#927	32	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1093	25	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#850	35	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#977	29	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#976	28	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#970	29	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1133	22	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#987	26	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1014	24	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1084	20	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1014	21	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1038	19	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#889	22	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1322	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#983	16	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1096	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#809	20	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#924	16	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#809	19	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1040	13	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #809, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 36 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#945position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
36births registered in its largest year, 202325 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Balraj · #809, 28y
Haidar · #809, 29y
Merryn · #809, 29y
Myron · #809, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Balraj · #809, 28y
Haidar · #809, 29y
Merryn · #809, 29y
Myron · #809, 29y

Shiv was ranked #809 in England and Wales · Boys in 1997. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Shiv and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Shiv without appearing here.

Shiv moved ahead of

Gary Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1316 and #1253 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1111 and #2076.
Brent Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1322 and #1322 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #889 and #1771.
Garry Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1322 and #1077 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #889 and #1771.
Graham Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1014 and #954 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1084 and #1892.

Moved ahead of Shiv

Mathias Compare
In 2016 they stood at #884 and #928 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1339 and #709.
Filip Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1038 and #1160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1014 and #615.
Tadhg Compare
In 2016 they stood at #884 and #1050 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1339 and #943.
Cooper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #889 and #1248 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1038 and #731.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #809 in England and Wales in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Shiv by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Shiv at a glance

Shiv by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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