Shivansh
Masculine · Sanskrit roots · “a part of Shiva”
Shivansh puts together two words that have been in Sanskrit for thousands of years: Shiva, the name of the god, and aṃśa, a part or a share. It is a young name in the American record and an increasingly visible one, carried largely by families with roots in India — a name whose halves are ancient even though the joining of them is recent.
How old is the name Shivansh?
Shivansh first appears in US birth records in 2004 — 21 years ago. The typical Shivansh is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,200 people named Shivansh are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Shivansh most popular?
Shivansh peaked in 2025, reaching #1204 nationally. Today it ranks #1204, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
Lists built from the same records:
Where it comes from
From Shiva (Sanskrit शिव) to Shivansh
The story of Shivansh
The elements are old and unambiguous: Shiva is one of the principal deities of Hinduism, and aṃśa is the ordinary Sanskrit word for a portion or share, used in everything from mathematics to metaphysics. The compound itself, though, belongs to modern Indian naming rather than to classical texts — part of a large and productive family of names built the same way, where a divine name is fitted to a second Sanskrit element. Names of this shape have been given widely across northern and western India in recent generations, and traveled with Indian families to Britain, Canada, the Gulf and the United States. In American records it is a newcomer, and its bearers are overwhelmingly young.
Meaning
a part of Shiva
From Sanskrit शिव (Shiva) plus अंश (aṃśa), 'portion, part, share'.
How the name formed
- ShivaSanskrit शिव
- aṃśaSanskrit अंश, 'portion'
- Shivāṃśa
- Shivansh
Related forms: शिवांश · शिवांश · શિવાંશ · Shivaansh · Shivansh / Shivanshu · शिवांश
Pronouncing Shivansh
shi-VAANSH
Three sounds, not four: the ending is a single cluster, 'nsh', said in one motion. Some families stress the first syllable instead — SHIV-aansh — and both are heard.
Nicknames for Shivansh
High
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2004
- Most boys named
- 2025168 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1204reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +46.1%168 in 2025, from 115
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Shivansh in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- शिवांश in Hindi — transliteration
- शिवांश in Marathi — transliteration
- શિવાંશ in Gujarati — transliteration
- Shivaansh in English (alternate romanisation) — spelling variant
- Shivansh / Shivanshu in English (alternate romanisation) — related form
- शिवांश in Nepali — transliteration
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New Jersey.
Shivanshs among us
people named Shivansh are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 10,167 born in 2025 was named Shivansh
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Shivansh
- #1204
- Shivansh on the 2025 chart
- #742
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Shivansh went to 168 boys in 2025, but Shivaansh is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 187, which makes it the 742nd most-given boys’ name of the year — 462 places above the chart.
- Shivansh168
- Shivaansh19
About 1 boy in 9,134 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 10,167 for Shivansh itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Rockie test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Shivansh's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Rockie climbed just as high around 1958, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Rockie's path sketches the road Shivansh is walking now.
Shivansh is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Shivansh is headed
Shivansh should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Shivansh beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Shivansh in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is transparent to anyone who knows Sanskrit or Hindi — no scholarly debate to explain.
- Two ready short forms, Shiv and Ansh, both of which are established given names on their own.
- Written the same way in Devanagari across Hindi, Marathi and Nepali, so it moves between scripts without loss.
- Familiar in Indian and diaspora communities while remaining uncommon in American classrooms.
- The name is on a clear upward path in US records rather than fading — it will read as current, not dated.
- The final -nsh cluster is the sticking point for English speakers, who tend to flatten it to 'Shivon' or add a syllable. Expect to correct it politely, often, and mostly cheerfully.
- Romanisation is not standardized: Shivansh, Shivaansh and Shivanshu all circulate, so the spelling will be asked for and sometimes assumed wrong.
- It is an explicitly Hindu name, naming the god directly. For some families that is the whole point; for others in mixed households it is worth talking through first.
- Because the name's wave is very recent and small, most Americans will meet it for the first time in your child — which means little baggage, and a bit of explaining.
Nobody names a baby alone.
Put Shivansh to the vote.
Add it to a family vote or a couple’s swipe deck — the other person gets one card, a simple answer and room to say why. No app, no account for them.
Only the people you invite can see your list.
Already decided on Shivansh? Hide it among decoys and let them guess.
What they receive
Someone added a name to your list
Shivansh
Masculine · Sanskrit roots · #1204 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Shivanshs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,200 people named Shivansh are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Shivansh?
- Shivansh is the most-used spelling in US records — 168 of the 187 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Shivaansh.
- How popular is the name Shivansh in 2025?
- Shivansh ranks #1204 among US boy names in 2025, with 168 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Shivansh?
- About 1 in every 10,167 US boys born in 2025 was named Shivansh — 168 in all.
- Will my child share the name Shivansh with classmates?
- Shivansh will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Shivansh
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
Perseus#1204 · Gerald#1204 · Immanuel#1204 · Jovani#1204 · Karsyn#1204 · Arman#1204 · Eyden#1204 · Zavian#1196
Looking for what else is popular rather than what resembles Shivansh? See the current top 100.
Choosing between Shivansh and another name?
See them side by side — full stats, history and a gentle verdict.
Compare side by sideIn a hurry? Just pick a winner — one tap, no sign-up, and you see how everyone else voted.
Weighing a whole shortlist? Add the rest in the builder, or settle it with a bracket.
Cast your vote
Which one would you pick?
Your gut first, the numbers after — the split shows once you pick.
US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
No advertising trackers and no data sellinghow we handle your dataindependent and founder-run, about Name Battle