Kani
Kani was the 7004th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 2006, when it ranked 2605th with 46 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,600 places. More babies were named Kani in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,004 boys, down 1,865 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 12boys
- Girls and boys
- 37% girls, 63% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 200646 babies
- Total since 1880
- 914babies recorded
Kani popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #8,097 | #7,004 | 13 | 12 |
| 2020 | #7,062 | #5,139 | 16 | 18 |
| 2010 | #8,493 | #3,674 | 14 | 29 |
| 2000 | #12,436 | #3,186 | 7 | 27 |
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How popular is Kani, counting every spelling?
Kani has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Kani?
12 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kani (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kani born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 705 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kani.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kani?
About 600 people born in the US named Kani are alive today, with a median age of 18; half are between 10 and 23. That makes Kani mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Kani by state
How common Kani was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Kani
How popular is the name Kani?
Kani was the 7004th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 2006, when it ranked 2605th with 46 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,600 places. More babies were named Kani in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Kani a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 37% girls, 63% boys given the name Kani in the US.
Where is Kani most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kani was most common in Virginia (0.03 per 1,000 boys).