Shani
Shani was the 12980th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1969, when it ranked 665th with 223 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 8,013 places. More babies were named Shani in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #12,980 girls, down 6,097 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 7girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1969223 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,542babies recorded
Shani popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 17 since 1975.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,980 | 7 |
| 2020 | #6,883 | 17 |
| 2010 | #3,740 | 42 |
| 2000 | #2,567 | 59 |
| 1990 | #1,530 | 101 |
| 1980 | #1,265 | 103 |
| 1970 | #797 | 176 |
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| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Shani, counting every spelling?
Shani is the most common spelling of a name family that had 7 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 7 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shani | 7 | #12,980 | 72 |
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 Shani?
7 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Shani (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Shani 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 1,224 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Shani.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Shani?
About 4,300 people born in the US named Shani are alive today, with a median age of 41; half are between 30 and 51. That makes Shani 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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Shani: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Shani, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Shani
How popular is the name Shani?
Shani was the 12980th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 1969, when it ranked 665th with 223 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 8,013 places. More babies were named Shani in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Shani a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Shani in the US.