Rajani

Girls' name

Night

Rajani has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 1985. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1985, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Rajani, 1985

1 in 714,000

Rajani over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Rajani: meaning, origin, and history

Night

Sanskrit

What Rajani means

Rajani means “night”, associated with rajanī.

Origin, language, and formation

Rajani is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Rajani between 1985 and 1985. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1985; its best national rank was #11,970 in 1985.

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 Rajani?

Rajani had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1985, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1985: 1 in 714,000; 5 of 3,568,740 births
Among girls only: 1 in 344,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1985: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 494,734 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Rajani 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 1985 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 494,734 children born in 1985 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rajani. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rajanis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rajani was born before 1985 — so the typical Rajani is around 40 today.

Median birth year: 1985; About 40 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Rajani 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1985 (5)
Years since peak: 40; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #11,970; 1985

Spellings of Rajani

Rajani is not the most common spelling — Alani is, with 21.4% against Rajani's <0.01%.

Alani21.4%18,799
Amani15.3%13,440
Kalani11.7%10,278
Nalani9.0%7,954
Malani8.1%7,112
Avani4.8%4,246
Raeann4.5%3,915
Rani2.2%1,911

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.

Rajani around the world

Where Rajani 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.

South Australia
1980–2010
#801
in 2010

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Rajani by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #11,970; 1985
Peak year: 1985; 5 that year
First recorded: 1985
Last recorded: 1985
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Rajani

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

Rajwa Ahvani Cemani Hevani Itzani Johani Kolani Liyani Orlani Qilani Symani Xayani Jruani Zahani Rajeen Ayrani Aasani Xilani Rajane Domani Ayvani Nimani Aurlani Koalani

Sibling names for Rajani

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

For a sister

Linsey Candis Kristan Santana Chiquita Kandice Daniel Domonique

For a brother

Whitney Marques Shea Derik Derrell Brenton Antoine Jerrod

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