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Is Shiva a Male or Female Name?

Shiva is a unisex name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Shiva globally is 77.7% males and 22.3% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Nepal with 98.2% and the country with the highest female ratio is Iran with 98.1%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Shiva in percentages: Globally: 77.7% males, 22.3% females, India: 94.9% males, 5.1% females, United States: 71.7% males, 28.3% females, Iran: 1.9% males, 98.1% females, Saudi Arabia: 95.7% males, 4.3% females, Qatar: 94.8% males, 5.2% females, Nepal: 98.2% males, 1.8% females, Malaysia: 89.2% males, 10.8% females, Canada: 43.6% males, 56.4% females, Kuwait: 94.6% males, 5.4% females, Oman: 95.4% males, 4.6% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Shiva are 18-24 years old, making up 34.4% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 65+.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Shiva in each age group: 18-24: 34.4%, 25-34: 15.8%, 35-44: 21.1%, 45-54: 16.4%, 55-64: 7.5%, 65+: 4.8%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Shiva is Nepal with 0.2852% of the population. Following is Iran and India.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Shiva measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Shiva year over year: 1956: 0.0002‰, 1957: 0.0016‰, 1958: 0.0005‰, 1959: 0.0013‰, 1960: 0.001‰, 1961: 0.0006‰, 1962: 0.0001‰, 1963: 0.0007‰, 1964: 0.0014‰, 1965: 0.0014‰, 1966: 0.0011‰, 1967: 0.0014‰, 1968: 0.0015‰, 1969: 0.0011‰, 1970: 0.0019‰, 1971: 0.0015‰, 1972: 0.0026‰, 1973: 0.0023‰, 1974: 0.0027‰, 1975: 0.0025‰, 1976: 0.0025‰, 1977: 0.0021‰, 1978: 0.0025‰, 1979: 0.0027‰, 1980: 0.003‰, 1981: 0.0028‰, 1982: 0.0023‰, 1983: 0.0032‰, 1984: 0.0033‰, 1985: 0.0034‰, 1986: 0.0031‰, 1987: 0.0031‰, 1988: 0.0028‰, 1989: 0.0031‰, 1990: 0.0024‰, 1991: 0.0022‰, 1992: 0.0023‰, 1993: 0.0022‰, 1994: 0.0021‰, 1995: 0.002‰, 1996: 0.002‰, 1997: 0.002‰, 1998: 0.0038‰, 1999: 0.003‰, 2000: 0.0048‰, 2001: 0.0061‰

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