Shiva

maleStatistical record

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

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

Shiva: Recorded since 1996, it reached #2,220 in 2001, and it stood at #2,671 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2220highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2000–2019

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#3912
2019	#4686

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 16 of the 29 years 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 #2863 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: #2220 among boys in England and Wales, in 2001 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2671 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Shiva appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 16 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 70 births with the name.

Shiva across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Shiva's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#2220 (2001)	#2671 (2024)	16 of 29	70 (1996–2024)	8 (2024)
England and Wales · Girls	#3912 (2000)	#3912 (2000)	#4686 (2019)	2 of 20	7 (2000–2019)	4 (2019)

Shiva 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 Shiva in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	18	5 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	25	5 of 10	5
2020s	20	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Shiva 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: #2220 in England and Wales in 2001.

Shiva'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	#2671	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	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 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,220, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

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 →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
9separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,671position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
8births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 25 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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Shivam · #477, 29y

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.

Ashkan · #2220, 14y
Ludovico · #2220, 20y
Manasseh · #2220, 16y
Matisse · #2220, 18y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Ashkan · #2220, 14y
Mohsen · #2220, 17y
Thibault · #2220, 20y
Zaman · #2220, 14y

Shiva 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 Shiva without appearing here.

Shiva moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #5119.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4608 and #3848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #4991.

Moved ahead of Shiva

Ole Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2220 and #3134 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #3225 and #1253.
Gustav Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3013 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #3334.
Harper Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2220 and #2587 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #3225 and #2254.

Moved the same way as Shiva

Tor Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Shiva went from #2863 to #4789 and Tor from #2020 to #3990.
Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Shiva went from #2863 to #4608 and Brent from #898 to #4608.
Brooke Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Shiva went from #2863 to #4608 and Brooke from #2357 to #4608.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2220 in England and Wales in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Shiva

Shiva at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shiva across 2 official records

Shiva by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Shiva appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Shiva and the names beside it

Shiva moved ahead of

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Shiva at a glance

Shiva across 2 official records

Shiva by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Shiva appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Shiva and the names beside it

Shiva moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Shiva

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