Shani — #6423 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Shani

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,518 babies named Shani between 1962 and 2024, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shani currently holds the #6423 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 223 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shani performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 1,429 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Shani shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 648 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Shani in 27 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shani 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 4,518 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.