Vani

#4,747 in 2025Girls' name

From Sanskrit वाणि; literal meaning unconfirmed

Vani has been given to 468 babies in the U.S. since 1979. In 2025 it ranked #4,747 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 29 recorded.

Babies named Vani, 2025

1 in 114,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Vani: meaning, origin, and history

From Sanskrit वाणि; literal meaning unconfirmed

Sanskrit

What Vani means

Vani is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Vani is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

Vani comes through Sanskrit वाणि.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 468 girls were recorded with the name Vani between 1979 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 29 in 2025; its best national rank was #4,747 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #8,371 in 2020 to #4,747 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #7,588 in 2015 to #4,747 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.

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How common is Vani?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 114,000; 29 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 55,400; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #4,747; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 79,239 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Vani 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 79,239 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Vani. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Vanis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Vani was born before 2013 — so the typical Vani is around 12 today.

Median birth year: 2013; About 12 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 36.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 89.3%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 468; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 36.1% of all recorded uses (169).

Is Vani 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: +1,872; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +3,624; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +2,841; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.81×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (29)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 32.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,747; 2025

Spellings of Vani

Vani is not the most common spelling — Ann is, with 20.1% against Vani's 0.02%.

Ann20.1%470,261
Jane16.2%379,876
Dana8.3%193,555
Ana4.8%111,359
Toni4.3%100,198
Janie3.2%75,598
Kari2.5%59,696
Lana2.5%57,434

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 Vani is used

Across 1910–2025, Vani was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 818,019 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —
2New Jersey1 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. Vani has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Vani around the world

Where Vani 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
1999–2025
#3,333
in 2025
Canada
2007–2024
#2,463
in 2024
South Australia
2010–2010
#521
in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Vani by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #4,747
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 3,624
Best rank ever: #4,747; 2025
Peak year: 2025; 29 that year
First recorded: 1979
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 468
Count in 2025: 29

Names similar to Vani

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

Vana Sani Yani Nani Bani Vanya Kani Tani Hani Ayani Evani Van Keani Klani Vanna Asani Joani Vannia Zani Vaani Anani Ulani Baani Niani

Sibling names for Vani

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

Leonor Karleigh Adelle Keren Kendyl Annabell Anabel Hayleigh

For a brother

Hamilton Caesar Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Leander Brennen Henri

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