Girls' name · since 1991
Bani
Bani has 294 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,064 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,314 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 294
- born since 1991
- 2010s
- peak decade
294 babies have been named Bani since 1991, making it today's #5314 girls' name.
Bani has 294 recorded births among girls since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5314 as of the latest data, more common than 69% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2025.
- #16,064 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,314 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 294 born since 1991
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bani ranks #16,064 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,314 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 294 born since 1991, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,064 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,314 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 294
- born since 1991
- 2010s
- peak decade
Bani's 294 recorded births place it above 77.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Bani compares
294 45th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Bani's all-time total is 22% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 294 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 21 | 19,840 |
Bani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Bani's full recorded timeline at 2014, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1991, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 24 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Bani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Bani by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (130 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Bani's strongest decade.
130 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Bani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 50
2000s
50 births
- 2010s
2010s
130 births
- 2020s
2020s
109 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 130 births (44% of all-time use).
Bani by state
Where Bani concentrates geographically, total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 70 | 23.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 5 | 1.7% |
70 of 294 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Bani's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (130 total births) through the 2020s (109) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Banis (70 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Bani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~34 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1991–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bani draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.