Shani

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · Last seen for boys in 2000 at #10,349
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1969 · 223 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,525
since 1962

Shani over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shani has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202000peak #664, 1969girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#11,9327
2024#6,39418
2023#5,75221
2022#6,70717
2021#10,2929
2020#6,62917
2019#6,17619
2018#11,4278
2017#8,77612
2016#7,23016
2015#4,85328
2014#6,71318
2013#6,01721
2012#4,70730
2011#5,93522
2010#3,68942
2009#3,80041
2008#3,15853
2007#3,32950
2006#3,01756
2005#2,52468
2004#2,88955
2003#2,32172
2002#2,33169
2001#2,30469
2000#2,54559#10,3495
1999#2,47158
1998#2,53054
1997#2,51151
1996#1,84079
1995#1,80279
1994#1,90574
1993#1,59096
1992#1,225142
1991#1,270132
1990#1,523101
1989#1,47998
1988#1,72274#6,4266
1987#1,44690
1986#1,35196
1985#1,287104
1984#1,55073
1983#1,29594
1982#1,36390
1981#1,29498
1980#1,260103
1979#995143
1978#1,059126
1977#971142
1976#980130
1975#891148#4,7976
1974#825162
1973#1,028114
1972#1,030113
1971#802175
1970#795176
1969#664223
1968#2,12632
1967#2,07932
1966#1,95235
1965#1,59549
1964#2,15131
1963#6,5925
1962#5,8606
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First appearance
1962

The first year at least five girls were named Shani! It came in at #5,860, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1962–1963, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

See more about Shani
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 5,538 spots since 2024 (#6,394#11,932)
  • 5,303 spots since 2020 (#6,629#11,932)
  • 7,079 spots since 2015 (#4,853#11,932)
  • Biggest jump: 1,462 spots in 1969 (#2,126#664)
  • Biggest drop: 265 spots in 1980 (#995#1,260)
Rise & fade · girls
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1962
  • Peaked 1969 at #664 (223 births)
  • Births halved by 1980, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1974–1977
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,565
  • Highest: 1 in 7,565 girls born in 1969 were named Shani (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 31.6% of all girls named Shani (1,429) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s413#664 (1969)#2,877
1970s1,429#795 (1970)#938
1980s920#1,260 (1980)#1,405
1990s866#1,225 (1992)#1,867
2000s592#2,304 (2001)#2,822
2010s216#3,689 (2010)#6,552
2020s89#5,752 (2023)#7,951

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Shani in 2000

girls
#2,545
59 births · 1 in 30,780 girls
boys
#10,349
5 births · 1 in 392,800 boys

Top girls' names in 2000

  1. #1Emily25,959
  2. #2Hannah23,087
  3. #3Madison19,968
  4. #4Ashley18,000
  5. #5Sarah17,715
  6. #6Alexis17,631
  7. #7Samantha17,265
  8. #8Jessica15,711
  9. #9Elizabeth15,117
  10. #10Taylor15,080
  11. #2,545Shani59

Top boys' names in 2000

  1. #1Jacob34,492
  2. #2Michael32,045
  3. #3Matthew28,580
  4. #4Joshua27,543
  5. #5Christopher24,936
  6. #6Nicholas24,653
  7. #7Andrew23,658
  8. #8Joseph22,844
  9. #9Daniel22,338
  10. #10Tyler21,506
  11. #10,349Shani5
More about 2000

girls

1,816,036 girls got a published name in 2000; 1 in 30,780 of them was named Shani, which outranked 85.6% of the 17,660 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shani
  1. #2,508Vivica60
  2. #2,508Vivien60
  3. #2,508Zoya60
  4. #2,545Shani59
  5. #2,545Amayah59
  6. #2,545Bryonna59
  7. #2,545Caterina59
  8. #2,569Alasia58
  9. #2,569Aurelia58
  10. #2,569Brittnee58

Tied with 23 names at #2,545; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. 2,528Laisha#3,509#981
  2. 2,131Litzy#2,527#396
  3. 2,096Cielo#2,991#895
  4. 1,864Yamilet#2,703#839
  5. 1,775Nyah#2,567#792
Fallers
  1. 560Tatyanna#951#1,511
  2. 529Jailene#506#1,035
  3. 431Shanice#727#1,158
  4. 384Chantal#921#1,305
  5. 348Infant#658#1,006

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,964,001 boys got a published name in 2000; 1 in 392,800 of them was named Shani, which outranked 14.6% of the 12,119 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shani
  1. #9,112Zubin6
  2. #9,112Zykee6
  3. #9,112Zyshaun6
  4. #10,349Shani5
  5. #10,349Aadarsh5
  6. #10,349Aaronjacob5
  7. #10,349Aaronjoshua5

Tied with 1,770 names at #10,349; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. 4,806Maximus#5,656#850
  2. 2,950Elian#3,376#426
  3. 438Axel#799#361
  4. 437Luca#1,063#626
  5. 403Jevon#1,039#636
Fallers
  1. 1,334Trajan#996#2,330
  2. 498Jordi#743#1,241
  3. 322Auston#931#1,253
  4. 298Tyreke#737#1,035
  5. 274Tahj#863#1,137

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2000