Shivanya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- shi-VAHN-ya
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Shivanya is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “devoted to Shiva”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Shivanya mean?
Sanskrit: feminine name built on Shiva
“devoted to Shiva”
Built on Shiva, one of the principal gods of Hinduism.
Is Shivanya a girl's or a boy's name?
Shivanya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shivanya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Shivanya, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Shivanya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Shivanya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
How popular is Shivanya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Shivanya, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 2016.
Half of all the girls named Shivanya in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shivanya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
Names like Shivanya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aadhya, Anvika, Divisha, Saanvika, Navya, Aavya, Aaradhya, Prisha, Saanvi, Viha, Sanvi, Arya
Names related to Shivanya
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, 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, “Shivanya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shivanya, updated 20 October 2026.