Shivay
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- shi-VAY
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,859 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,049 for boys
Shivay is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “Shiva, the auspicious one”. In 2025 it ranked 1,859th for boys in the UK (14 babies) and 4,049th for boys in the US (26 babies).
What does Shivay mean?
Sanskrit: from Shivaya, as in the mantra Om Namah Shivaya
“Shiva, the auspicious one”
Taken from Shivaya in the Hindu mantra Om Namah Shivaya, 'I bow to Shiva'; Shiva itself means auspicious.
Is Shivay a girl's or a boy's name?
Shivay is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the UK and 26 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shivay in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 79% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were named Shivay, making it the 1,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th.
2025 had the most boys named Shivay of any year since it first appeared, in 2016.
Half of all the boys named Shivay in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 26 boys in the UK were given Shivay or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,043, up from #1,859 for this spelling alone.
- Shivay 14
- Shivaay 12
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,795th in England and Wales.
Shivay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #1,859 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
How popular is Shivay in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,049among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 66,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the US were named Shivay, making it the 4,049th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 2016.
Half of all the boys named Shivay in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 69 boys in the US were given Shivay or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,836, up from #4,049 for this spelling alone.
- Shivaay 43
- Shivay 26
Shivay in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,049 |
| 2024 | 29 | #3,791 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,109 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
Names like Shivay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Avyaan Vihaan Aviraj Yuvraj Krishiv Viraj Veer Harshiv Gurbaaz Devansh Rishiv
Other spellings of Shivay
Names related to Shivay
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, “Shivay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shivay, updated 20 October 2026.