How rare is the name Shivani?

4,746 people in the United States have the first name Shivani, about 1 in 63,639. It ranks #4,078 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

SHIVANI

#4,078

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,746
About
1 in 63,639
This common or more
83.5%
Who bears it

Of the 4,746 people named Shivani, 89.9% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 3.5% as White and 2.7% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Shivani peaked in 1998, when 132 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19752025
Peak year
1998
Births that year
132
In 2025*
20 ▼85%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 2,869 babies have been given the name since 1975. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Shivani by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #2,652. The largest share of babies named Shivani, 53.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#14,75730
1980s#5,527248
1990s#2,6521,013
2000s#3,436960
2010s#5,866473
2020s#9,133145
Generation X 1965–801.8%
Millennials 1981–9629.6%
Generation Z 1997–1253.5%
2013 and later15.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Shivani is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Shivani has been most common in New Jersey (6.8×), California (3.3×), and New York (1.9×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.5×).

1,554 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Shivani

2 other first names also have 4,746 people.

#4,078 Levon · 4,746#4,078 Nikolay · 4,746

Either side of Shivani

#4,078 Levon · 4,746#4,078 Nikolay · 4,746#4,081 Chiquita · 4,744#4,082 Debrah · 4,741

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Shivani, most common first.

#7,508 Shivam · 2,025#22,003 Shiven · 456#28,083 Shivan · 322#31,866 Shibani · 267#34,742 Shivon · 234#47,684 Shivaun · 136#49,173 Shivana · 127#49,348 Shavana · 126

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