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Shivani

Girls' name · Millennial-era · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~2,800 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#5,917 among girls
Births in 2025
20 2,869 since 1880
Typical age
24 years, median

Shivani popularity over time

Shivani rank by birth year, 1975–2025Shivani ranked #7,173 in 1975 and #5,917 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1,286, in 1995.#10,000#5,917best #1,286 in 199519801990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1975–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Shivani in 1998 than in any other year — 132 of them. 1975 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. As of 2025 the name sits at #5,917, with 20 births that year.

Over ten years the count has fallen 49%. Year on year the rank dropped by 1623.

Babies named Shivani per yearPeaks at 132 births in 1998.132 in 1998019801990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Shivani?

An estimated 2,800 living Americans are called Shivani. That is out of 2,869 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Shivani?

The typical living Shivani is 24 years old. Most living bearers were born in the 1990s. By the site’s era rules that makes Shivani a millennial-era name.

Your Shivani

Ages of living people named ShivaniHalf of living Shivanis are older than 24 and half younger.median 2402040
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Shivani is most common

Shivani is 1.5× as common in California as it is nationally.

Where Shivani is used more than average1 states use the name Shivani more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.5× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Shivani is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
California 50 1.5×

Shivani in England and Wales

ONS recorded 5 births named Shivani in 2025, ranking it #4,201. That is 29% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Shivani comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit शिवानी.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

See how Sanskrit names are used in American and British births on the Sanskrit names page.

Notable people named Shivani

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Shivani Kataria Indian swimmer 1997 17
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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