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Sani

#14,635 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Sani has been given to 515 babies in the U.S. since 2002. In 2025 it ranked #14,635 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 32 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 75% girls, 25% boys all-time.

Babies named Sani, 2025

1 in 553,000

Sani over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Sani over time

In 2025, Sani went to 46% girls and 54% boys.

20002025

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.

Sani: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Sani means

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

The naming story behind Sani

One of the source’s documented entries for Sani records a meaning of brilliant, splendid.

One of the source’s documented entries for Sani records a meaning of second.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 388 girls were recorded with the name Sani between 2002 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 32 in 2007; its best national rank was #4,649 in 2007.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #8,864 in 2020 to #14,635 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #11,684 in 2015 to #14,635 in 2025.

In the United States, 127 boys were recorded with the name Sani between 2000 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2024; its best national rank was #6,412 in 2024.

Over 10 years its rank rose, from #13,693 in 2015 to #10,493 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 Sani?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 268,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#14,635
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Sani 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 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sani. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sanis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sani was born before 2010 — so the typical Sani is around 15 today.

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
46.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
388
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Choose a decade

2000s — 46.1% of all recorded uses (179).

Is Sani 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
−4,495
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−5,771
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,951
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.67×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
18.8%
Peak was 2007 (32)
Years since peak
18
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,649
2007

Spellings of Sani

Sani is not the most common spelling — Ann is, with 14.3% against Sani's 0.01%.

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 Sani is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Sani was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 863,722 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in —
  2. 2New Jersey1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —
  4. 4Pennsylvania1 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. Sani has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Sani is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Sani was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,220,640 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New 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. Sani has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Sani around the world

Where Sani 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
    2019–2019
    #5,591
    in 2019

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

Sani by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#14,635
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 5,771
Best rank ever
#4,649
2007
Peak year
2007
32 that year
First recorded
2002
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
388
Count in 2025
6

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#10,493
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#6,412
2024
Peak year
2024
14 that year
First recorded
2000
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
127
Count in 2025
7

Names similar to Sani

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

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Sibling names for Sani

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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