Shani
#2,630 most common girls' name of all time · #4,483 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1962–2025
Rank among girls
#2,630
Rank overall
#4,483 of 105,966
First appeared
1962
Years on the list
64 of 146
All-time
4,542
Since 2016
144
Peak year
1969 #665
Best rank
#665 1969
Girls
Boys
peak 223/yr
Shani first appears in 1962. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,159 |
| 2024 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,454 |
| 2023 | 21 | — | 21 | #5,808 |
| 2022 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,782 |
| 2021 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,471 |
| 2020 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,708 |
| 2019 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,238 |
| 2018 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,614 |
| 2017 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,911 |
| 2016 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,331 |
| 2015 | 28 | — | 28 | #4,891 |
| 2014 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,774 |
| 2013 | 21 | — | 21 | #6,090 |
| 2012 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,739 |
| 2011 | 22 | — | 22 | #6,004 |
| 2010 | 42 | — | 42 | #3,705 |
| 2009 | 41 | — | 41 | #3,826 |
| 2008 | 53 | — | 53 | #3,177 |
| 2007 | 50 | — | 50 | #3,345 |
| 2006 | 56 | — | 56 | #3,031 |
| 2005 | 68 | — | 68 | #2,541 |
| 2004 | 55 | — | 55 | #2,905 |
| 2003 | 72 | — | 72 | #2,333 |
| 2002 | 69 | — | 69 | #2,342 |
| 2001 | 69 | — | 69 | #2,320 |
| 2000 | 59 | 5 | 64 | #2,557 |
| 1999 | 58 | — | 58 | #2,483 |
| 1998 | 54 | — | 54 | #2,547 |
| 1997 | 51 | — | 51 | #2,535 |
| 1996 | 79 | — | 79 | #1,852 |
| 1995 | 79 | — | 79 | #1,813 |
| 1994 | 74 | — | 74 | #1,918 |
| 1993 | 96 | — | 96 | #1,598 |
| 1992 | 142 | — | 142 | #1,229 |
| 1991 | 132 | — | 132 | #1,271 |
| 1990 | 101 | — | 101 | #1,528 |
| 1989 | 98 | — | 98 | #1,487 |
| 1988 | 74 | 6 | 80 | #1,732 |
| 1987 | 90 | — | 90 | #1,457 |
| 1986 | 96 | — | 96 | #1,357 |
| 1985 | 104 | — | 104 | #1,295 |
| 1984 | 73 | — | 73 | #1,559 |
| 1983 | 94 | — | 94 | #1,301 |
| 1982 | 90 | — | 90 | #1,371 |
| 1981 | 98 | — | 98 | #1,301 |
| 1980 | 103 | — | 103 | #1,266 |
| 1979 | 143 | — | 143 | #1,004 |
| 1978 | 126 | — | 126 | #1,062 |
| 1977 | 142 | — | 142 | #976 |
| 1976 | 130 | — | 130 | #986 |
| 1975 | 148 | 6 | 154 | #895 |
| 1974 | 162 | — | 162 | #827 |
| 1973 | 114 | — | 114 | #1,032 |
| 1972 | 113 | — | 113 | #1,037 |
| 1971 | 175 | — | 175 | #804 |
| 1970 | 176 | — | 176 | #798 |
| 1969 | 223 | — | 223 | #665 |
| 1968 | 32 | — | 32 | #2,163 |
| 1967 | 32 | — | 32 | #2,116 |
| 1966 | 35 | — | 35 | #1,979 |
| 1965 | 49 | — | 49 | #1,621 |
| 1964 | 31 | — | 31 | #2,193 |
| 1963 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,460 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,560 |