Sani — #9937 US unisex name

What the Data Says About Sani

The Social Security Administration has registered 382 babies named Sani between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sani currently holds the #9937 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 32 babies received it in a single year. Sani is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 120 additional births since 2000.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sani performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 179 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sani shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Sani in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sani in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 382 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.