Shivika
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHI-vi-ka
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
Shivika is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “palanquin”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Shivika mean?
Sanskrit: Sanskrit shivika, also linked with the god Shiva
“palanquin”
Is Shivika a girl's or a boy's name?
Shivika is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shivika in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 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, 6 girls in the UK were named Shivika, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Shivika of any year since it first appeared, in 2009.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Shivika in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
Names like Shivika
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saanvika, Divisha, Viha, Akshara, Varnika, Anvika, Radhika, Hanvika, Avira, Vihana, Krisha, Sanvi
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shivika: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shivika, updated 20 October 2026.