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Hani

#6,936 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Happy, delighted

Hani has been given to 946 babies in the U.S. since 1972. In 2025 it ranked #6,936 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 25 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 77% boys, 23% girls all-time.

Babies named Hani, 2025

1 in 276,000

Hani over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Hani over time

In 2025, Hani went to 56% girls and 44% boys.

19722025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Hani: meaning, origin, and history

Happy, delighted

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Hani means

Hani means “happy, delighted”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 732 boys were recorded with the name Hani between 1972 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 25 in 2024; its best national rank was #2,561 in 1984.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,101 in 2020 to #6,936 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,589 in 2015 to #6,936 in 2025.

In the United States, 214 girls were recorded with the name Hani between 1985 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 30 in 2024; its best national rank was #4,599 in 2024.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #9,156 in 2020 to #7,256 in 2025.

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.

How common is Hani?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 276,000
12 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 142,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#6,936
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
191,493 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Hani sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 191,493 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hani. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hanis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Hani was born before 2002 — so the typical Hani is around 23 today.

Median birth year
2002
About 23 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
22.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
54.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
732
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Choose a decade

2000s — 22.7% of all recorded uses (166).

Is Hani 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
−2,699
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,835
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,347
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.75×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
48.0%
Peak was 2024 (25)
Years since peak
1
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,561
1984

Spellings of Hani

Hani is not the most common spelling — Ian is, with 22.5% against Hani's 0.06%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Hani is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Hani was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,097,815 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Michigan1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys 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. Hani has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Hani is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Hani was most concentrated in Minnesota — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 592,337 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Minnesota1 in —

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. Hani has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Hani around the world

Where Hani 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
    1996–2025
    #2,664
    in 2025
  • France
    1976–2025
    #3,501
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #3,231
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2003–2010
    #754
    in 2010

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.

Hani by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,936
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,835
Best rank ever
#2,561
1984
Peak year
2024
25 that year
First recorded
1972
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
732
Count in 2025
12

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#7,256
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,900
Best rank ever
#4,599
2024
Peak year
2024
30 that year
First recorded
1985
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
214
Count in 2025
15

Names similar to Hani

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

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Sibling names for Hani

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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