Shivaay
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- shi-VAY
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,087 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,883 for boys
Shivaay is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “auspicious one”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 2,883rd for boys in the US (43 babies).
What does Shivaay mean?
Sanskrit: modern form of Shiva, as in the mantra Om Namah Shivaya
“auspicious one”
Taken from Shiva's name as it appears in the mantra Om Namah Shivaya, salutation to Shiva.
Is Shivaay a girl's or a boy's name?
Shivaay is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 43 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shivaay in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,087th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Shivaay, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,733rd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 27 boys.
2025 had more boys named Shivaay than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Shivaay in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 26 boys in the UK were given Shivaay or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,043, up from #2,087 for this spelling alone.
- Shivay 14
- Shivaay 12
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Shivaay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 14 | #1,733 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,638 |
| 2017 | 27 | #1,141 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
How popular is Shivaay in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,883rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 43 about 1 in 40,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 43 boys in the US were named Shivaay, making it the 2,883rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,915th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 52 boys. It first appears in the records in 2016.
2025 had more boys named Shivaay than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Shivaay in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 69 boys in the US were given Shivaay or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,836, up from #2,883 for this spelling alone.
- Shivaay 43
- Shivay 26
Shivaay in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #2,883 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 26 | #3,915 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 42 | #2,847 |
| 2017 | 52 | #2,449 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
Names like Shivaay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav, Avyaan, Vihaan, Aviraj, Yuvraj, Krishiv, Viraj, Veer, Shiv, Harshiv, Gurbaaz, Priyansh
Other spellings of Shivaay
Names related to Shivaay
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Aadhya, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Shivansh, Veda
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shivaay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shivaay, updated 20 October 2026.