How rare is the name Shani?

4,439 people in the United States have the first name Shani, about 1 in 68,040. It ranks #4,285 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

SHANI

#4,285

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,439
About
1 in 68,040
This common or more
83.8%
Who bears it

Of the 4,439 people named Shani, 42% reported their origin as White, 39.5% as Black and 7% as Hispanic or Latino. 97.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Shani peaked in 1969, when 223 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19622025
Peak year
1969
Births that year
223
In 2025*
7 ▼97%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,542 babies have been given the name since 1962. 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.

Shani by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,583. The largest share of babies named Shani, 42%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1960s#2,891413
1970s#1,5831,435
1980s#2,282926
1990s#2,939866
2000s#4,756597
2010s#10,084216
2020s#12,57889
Baby boom 1946–640.9%
Generation X 1965–8042%
Millennials 1981–9633.6%
Generation Z 1997–1218.8%
2013 and later4.6%

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 Shani is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Shani has been most common in New York (3.3×), California (2.8×), and Florida (2.2×), and least common in Ohio (0.59×).

2,299 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 Shani

1 other first name also has 4,439 people.

#4,285 Shaquille · 4,439

Either side of Shani

#4,281 Von · 4,440#4,281 Wilda · 4,440#4,285 Shaquille · 4,439#4,287 Melania · 4,437

Spelled almost the same

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

#331 Shane · 167,539#1,359 Shana · 26,205#2,088 Shania · 12,970#3,420 Shan · 6,106#18,452 Shann · 584#19,629 Shanie · 536#25,390 Shanai · 374#28,373 Shauni · 317

Also a last name

As a last name, Shani ranks #74,891 of 156,621, with 278 people. See Shani as a last name

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