How rare is the name Ani?

5,505 people in the United States have the first name Ani, about 1 in 54,865. It ranks #3,690 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ANI

#3,690

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,505
About
1 in 54,865
This common or more
82.9%
Who bears it

Of the 5,505 people named Ani, 75.2% reported their origin as White, 10.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 95.9% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ani peaked in 2007, when 127 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19582025
Peak year
2007
Births that year
127
In 2025*
56 ▼56%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,188 babies have been given the name since 1958. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Ani by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #3,228. The largest share of babies named Ani, 44.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#13,6877
1960s#10,40434
1970s#7,560116
1980s#5,227269
1990s#4,350485
2000s#3,2281,043
2010s#4,108797
2020s#4,368437
Baby boom 1946–640.4%
Generation X 1965–805.1%
Millennials 1981–9618.3%
Generation Z 1997–1244.6%
2013 and later31.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Ani is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ani has been most common in California (7.7×), New York (0.99×), and Massachusetts (0.95×), and least common in Illinois (0.36×).

1,655 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Ani

1 other first name also has 5,505 people.

#3,690 Ilya · 5,505

Either side of Ani

#3,688 Alannah · 5,509#3,689 Marita · 5,506#3,690 Ilya · 5,505#3,692 Nila · 5,504

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ani, most common first.

#161 Ana · 321,854#178 Ann · 293,049#1,599 Anh · 20,050#2,339 An · 10,800#4,635 Ania · 3,952#6,010 Anu · 2,734#6,480 Anai · 2,476#8,225 Any · 1,772

Also a last name

As a last name, Ani ranks #38,716 of 156,621, with 615 people. See Ani as a last name

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