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Ani

#2,961 in 2025Girls' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Ani has been given to 3,188 babies in the U.S. since 1958. In 2025 it ranked #2,961 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 122 recorded.

Babies named Ani, 2025

1 in 59,200

Ani over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ani: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ani means

Ani has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: distinct naming traditions.

The naming story behind Ani

A separate documented entry treats Ani as a diminutive of Ana. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

A separate documented entry treats Ani as a variant of Ala. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

Origin, language, and formation

Ani is used in Māori.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ann.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,183 girls were recorded with the name Ani between 1958 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 122 in 2007; its best national rank was #1,685 in 2004.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,219 in 2020 to #2,961 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,353 in 2015 to #2,961 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Ani between 2007 and 2007. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2007; its best national rank was #12,471 in 2007.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Ani?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 59,200
56 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 28,700
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#2,961
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
41,035 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ani sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 41,035 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ani. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Anis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ani was born before 2006 — so the typical Ani is around 19 today.

Median birth year
2006
About 19 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
32.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
68.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,183
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 32.6% of all recorded uses (1,038).

Is Ani rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−651
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−742
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−608
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.72×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
45.9%
Peak was 2007 (122)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,685
2004

Where Ani is used

Across 2016–2025, Ani was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 7,692 girls, against 1 in 22,450 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

113 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 7,692
  2. 2Massachusetts1 in 16,667
  3. 3New York1 in 50,000
  4. 4Illinois1 in 100,000
  5. 5North Carolina1 in 100,000
  6. 6New Jersey1 in 100,000
  7. 7Ohio1 in 100,000
  8. 8Pennsylvania1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Ani around the world

Where Ani ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2000–2025
    #1,892
    in 2025
  • France
    1972–2025
    #2,777
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2020
    #3,347
    in 2020
  • South Australia
    1997–2006
    #782
    in 2006

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Ani

People whose public names include Ani, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Ani in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Ani. Linked forms have their own page here.

AnAmiAnyEniAnni

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Ani by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,961
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 742
Best rank ever
#1,685
2004
Peak year
2007
122 that year
First recorded
1958
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,183
Count in 2025
56

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#12,471
2007
Peak year
2007
5 that year
First recorded
2007
Last recorded
2007
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Ani

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

AniaAniahAnisaAniseRaniAnicaAnishaJaniLaniElaniAvaniAnijahAninaShaniTaniAnikaDaniAnilaAnistonAniyaAnielaEmaniNaniAylani

Names with a curve like Ani

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Ani, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

KamariaSamiaChesneyRianJoseyAleksandraKalenaSairaKeeganTalyaVeronikaEman

Sibling names for Ani

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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