Shiv

Boy · recorded 1984–2025

  • #1,753in 2025
  • 1 in 18,566boys in 2025
  • +41%last ten years
  • 4.4×in New Jersey

2025 was its biggest year ever, up 41% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1984

0275419841994200520152025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 42 recorded years as a table
Shiv, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19843
19853
19868
19873
19884
19896
19904
19919
199210
199310
199414
199517
199616
199724
199822
199923
200026
200125
200230
200329
200432
200529
200634
200738
200835
200935
201035
201132
201236
201337
201445
201538
201643
201742
201838
201936
202042
202139
202250
202353
202453
202554

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. New Jersey 4.4×
  2. California 1.5×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
92
Rank in 2025
#1,753
How rare
1 in 18,566 boys
Since 1984
2,193

Most popular in 2025, at 54 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 41% per million boys born.

Top 2 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
New Jersey4.4×28
California1.5×42

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.