Rani
Rani was the 4528th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 31 babies. Its best year was 1971, when it ranked 1959th with 44 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,400 places. More babies were named Rani in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,528 girls, down 539 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 31girls
- Girls and boys
- 91% girls, 9% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 197144 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,126babies recorded
Rani popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,528 | — | 31 | — |
| 2020 | #3,989 | #10,352 | 36 | 7 |
| 2010 | #6,337 | #11,856 | 21 | 6 |
| 2000 | #3,642 | #8,028 | 36 | 8 |
| 1990 | #3,418 | #6,281 | 32 | 8 |
| 1980 | #2,579 | — | 37 | — |
| 1970 | #2,148 | — | 38 | — |
| 1960 | #7,088 | — | 5 | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Rani, counting every spelling?
Rani is the most common spelling of a name family that had 37 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 37 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rani | 31 | #4,528 | 138 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Rani?
31 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Rani (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Rani 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 270 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Rani.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Rani?
About 1,800 people born in the US named Rani are alive today, with a median age of 33; half are between 18 and 49. That makes Rani mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
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.
Rani by state
How common Rani was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Rani: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Rani, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Rani
How popular is the name Rani?
Rani was the 4528th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 31 babies. Its best year was 1971, when it ranked 1959th with 44 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,400 places. More babies were named Rani in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Rani a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 91% girls, 9% boys given the name Rani in the US.
Where is Rani most popular?
In 2021–2025, Rani was most common in New York (0.01 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and California.