Rajni

Girls' name

Night

Rajni has been given to 17 babies in the U.S. since 1979. 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 1979, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Rajni, 1990

1 in 790,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Rajni: meaning, origin, and history

Night

Sanskrit

What Rajni means

Rajni means “night”, associated with rajanī.

Origin, language, and formation

Rajni is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 17 girls were recorded with the name Rajni between 1979 and 1990. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1979; its best national rank was #8,719 in 1979.

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 Rajni?

Rajni had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1990, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1990: 1 in 790,000; 5 of 3,949,959 births
Among girls only: 1 in 379,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1990: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 547,582 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Rajni 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 1990 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 547,582 children born in 1990 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rajni. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rajnis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rajni was born before 1983 — so the typical Rajni is around 42 today.

Median birth year: 1983; About 42 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 41.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 17; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 41.2% of all recorded uses (7).

Is Rajni 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 1979 (7)
Years since peak: 46; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #8,719; 1979

Spellings of Rajni

Rajni is not the most common spelling — Randi is, with 23.1% against Rajni's 0.01%.

Randi23.1%29,663
Rayna10.4%13,386
Raina9.7%12,453
Dani8.0%10,339
Rayne6.3%8,034
Lani5.7%7,373
Roni3.7%4,707
Rana3.5%4,553

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.

Rajni around the world

Where Rajni 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
1996–2012
#5,876
in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Rajni 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: #8,719; 1979
Peak year: 1979; 7 that year
First recorded: 1979
Last recorded: 1990
All-time count: 17
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Rajni

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

Rajwa Rajaa Rajae Sajni Rajene Rajana Rajane Rajeeni Rajvi Rajeana Rajeen Rajdeep Rajani Rajean Rajah Rajeeyah Rajanee Rajanae Raja

Sibling names for Rajni

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

Bambi Shanika Mellissa Latosha Adria Malissa Lindy Shanta

For a brother

Delvin Leopoldo Jerod Cedrick Torrey Jed Wilfredo Kristofer

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