Shivan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Shivan: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,454, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1454highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#1454
1999	#2097
2000	#3036
2002	#2636
2005	#3208
2006	#3385
2007	#4333
2008	#3158
2011	#3300
2012	#2458
2013	#3822
2015	#2483
2016	#2804
2017	#3449
2018	#3011
2019	#4702
2020	#2228
2021	#3451
2022	#3048
2023	#2546
2024	#4270

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 22 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: #1454 among boys in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Shivan 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 Shivan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	16	3 of 10	5
2000s	23	6 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	46	8 of 10	6
2020s	32	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Shivan 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: #1454 in England and Wales in 1997.

Shivan'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	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2483	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1454	8	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 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,454, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 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.

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.

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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.

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Gwyn · #1454, 24y
Marios · #1454, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alaska · #1454, 23y
Ediz · #1454, 29y
Eithan · #1454, 27y
Faaris · #1454, 28y

Shivan 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 Shivan without appearing here.

Shivan moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3451 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2546 and #4991.
Brooke Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4702 and #4702 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2228 and #4608.
Brent Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2483 and #4747.

Moved ahead of Shivan

Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3011 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #4702 and #2104.
Aksel Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2458 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3822 and #2403.
Gustav Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2228 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3451 and #2125.
Kasper Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2097 and #2425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #1889.

Moved the opposite way to Shivan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shivan went from #2863 to #4270 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shivan went from #2863 to #4270 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shivan went from #2863 to #4270 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shivan went from #2863 to #4270 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Shivan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shivan went from #2863 to #4270 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shivan went from #2863 to #4270 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shivan went from #2863 to #4270 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Shivan went from #2863 to #4270 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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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: #1454 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Shivan

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Shivan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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