NameTides

Shiv

Shiv was the #1,753 boys' name in the US in 2025 (92 babies), and #896 in England & Wales and #685 in Canada.

Shiv as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Shiv as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Shiv as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,753 (92)#896 (35)#685 (40)
2024#1,776 (92)#945 (33)#1,026 (24)
2023#1,774 (91)#874 (36)#837 (29)
2022#1,826 (88)#1,224 (22)#1,142 (19)
2021#2,096 (69)#1,055 (27)#1,109 (20)
2020#1,962 (73)#1,111 (24)#1,261 (16)
2019#2,188 (64)#1,316 (19)#1,737 (10)
2018#2,065 (69)#1,132 (24)#1,983 (8)
2017#1,871 (78)#1,339 (19)#1,246 (16)
2016#1,828 (82)#884 (35)#1,578 (11)
2015#1,983 (73)#927 (32)—
2014#1,730 (87)#1,093 (25)#1,565 (11)
2013#1,964 (70)#850 (35)#1,470 (12)
2012#2,036 (68)#977 (29)#1,552 (11)
2011#2,145 (61)#976 (28)#2,330 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,753.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1984.

How common is it?

about 1 in 19,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 19,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 7,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Shiv is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 16,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 14,000 to 1 in 19,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Shiv by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #935ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,410NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #576NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,438CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,096GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,574TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Shiv (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#90712

Shiv (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ShivCanadaBoys#68540
ShivEngland & WalesBoys#89635
ShivNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ShivUSBoys#1,75392