Boy or Girl

Is Shivani a boy or girl name?

Shivani is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 33 girls and 0 boys were named Shivani, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 2,849 US babies named Shivani were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
Not ranked
Girl rank, 2024
#4,355
Babies named Shivani since 1975
2,849
Most popular year
1998
132 babies
Babies named Shivani each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Shivani from 1975 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.050100150200198020002020

Boys and girls named Shivani, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1970s030100%
1980s0248100%
1990s01,013100%
2000s0960100%
2010s0473100%
2020s0125100%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
20240–33#4,355
20230–22#5,714
20220–21#5,953
20210–24#5,373
20200–25#5,146
20190–37#3,993
20180–45#3,489
20170–38#3,985
20160–44#3,573
20150–39#3,910
20140–43#3,645
20130–43#3,638
20120–49#3,355
20110–75#2,453
20100–60#2,899
20090–69#2,669
20080–73#2,576
20070–97#2,099
20060–98#2,028
20050–78#2,309
20040–97#1,940
20030–100#1,855
20020–119#1,572
20010–118#1,581
20000–111#1,598
19990–128#1,387
19980–132#1,338
19970–131#1,325
19960–120#1,393
19950–130#1,292
19940–88#1,705
19930–95#1,608
19920–74#1,905
19910–58#2,267
19900–57#2,255
19890–36#3,038
19880–32#3,152
19870–31#3,089
19860–31#3,045
19850–28#3,229
19840–24#3,511
19830–19#4,093
19820–10#6,813
19810–16#4,703
19800–21#3,835
19790–11#6,109
19780–6#9,552
19770–6#9,455
19760–0–
19750–7#7,834

Highest rank

Shivani has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #1,292 in 1995. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1990s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

Names spelled like Shivani

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.