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Shivani

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Shivani is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 33 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
330.00% of girls
Peak year
1998132 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1975
2,849people given the name
Babies named Shivani, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

2,849 girls have been named Shivani in the United States since 1975, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 132 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2001, and the 1990s alone account for 36%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Shivani
1970s30
1980s248
1990s1,013
2000s960
2010s473
2020s125

In 1998, its biggest year

Shivani was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1998 were Emily, Hannah, Samantha, Sarah and Ashley. See all of 1998.

Names that rose and fell with Shivani

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.