Shani
Shani is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 18 births. Its best rank was 665th, in 1969.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 180.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1969223 births
- Best rank
- #665in 1969
- Since 1962
- 4,518people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,518 girls have been named Shani in the United States since 1962, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1969, with 223 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1984, and the 1970s alone account for 32%. It has spent 7 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1969, its biggest year
Shani was the 665th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1969 were Lisa, Michelle, Jennifer, Kimberly and Melissa. See all of 1969.
Names that rose and fell with Shani
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Deliciapeak 1971
- Karenapeak 1974
- Demetriapeak 1974
- Nicollepeak 1970
- Nissapeak 1974
- Angelicpeak 1992
- Anglepeak 1975
- Kamipeak 1980
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.