Shivam
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SHIV-am
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,087 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,049 for boys
Shivam is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “auspicious, good”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 4,049th for boys in the US (26 babies).
What does Shivam mean?
Sanskrit
“auspicious, good”
Sanskrit for auspicious or good, as in the phrase satyam shivam sundaram, truth, goodness, beauty.
Is Shivam a girl's or a boy's name?
Shivam is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 26 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shivam 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 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Shivam, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,412th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 44 boys.
Half of all the boys named Shivam in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Shivam in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,355 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 19 | #1,412 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,555 |
| 2017 | 23 | #1,253 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,655 |
| 2015 | 22 | #1,268 |
| 2014 | 19 | #1,406 |
| 2013 | 21 | #1,290 |
| 2012 | 23 | #1,234 |
| 2011 | 22 | #1,252 |
| 2010 | 26 | #1,121 |
| 2009 | 25 | #1,115 |
| 2008 | 28 | #1,020 |
| 2007 | 28 | #973 |
| 2006 | 23 | #1,065 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,216 |
| 2004 | 21 | #1,040 |
| 2003 | 21 | #975 |
| 2002 | 33 | #658 |
| 2001 | 32 | #641 |
| 2000 | 31 | #654 |
| 1999 | 44 | #517 |
| 1998 | 24 | #749 |
| 1997 | 31 | #611 |
| 1996 | 16 | #940 |
How popular is Shivam in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,049th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26 about 1 in 66,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the US were named Shivam, making it the 4,049th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,495th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 94 boys. It first appears in the records in 1986.
Half of all the boys named Shivam in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shivam in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,049 |
| 2024 | 31 | #3,603 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 31 | #3,495 |
| 2019 | 35 | #3,256 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,603 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,005 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,680 |
| 2015 | 47 | #2,599 |
| 2014 | 35 | #3,152 |
| 2013 | 35 | #3,120 |
| 2012 | 47 | #2,593 |
| 2011 | 44 | #2,698 |
| 2010 | 59 | #2,211 |
| 2009 | 50 | #2,527 |
| 2008 | 51 | #2,466 |
| 2007 | 47 | #2,602 |
| 2006 | 41 | #2,783 |
| 2005 | 47 | #2,429 |
| 2004 | 47 | #2,372 |
| 2003 | 60 | #1,932 |
| 2002 | 44 | #2,333 |
| 2001 | 73 | #1,613 |
| 2000 | 74 | #1,581 |
| 1999 | 53 | #1,855 |
| 1998 | 94 | #1,277 |
| 1997 | 72 | #1,477 |
| 1996 | 50 | #1,813 |
| 1995 | 48 | #1,796 |
| 1994 | 28 | #2,613 |
| 1993 | 30 | #2,449 |
| 1992 | 27 | #2,593 |
| 1991 | 30 | #2,338 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
Names like Shivam
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Vikram, Aarav, Siddharth, Yuvraj, Ravi, Pranav, Prithvi, Dhruv, Viraj, Vihaan, Rajveer, Priyansh
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Shivansh
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, “Shivam: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shivam, updated 20 October 2026.