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How popular is the name Bani?

Births per year, rank history and how many Banis are alive today.

Bani (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Bonnie in England and Wales, ranked 2006th in 2025 and given to 14 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2024, when 24 babies were given the name, the 1353rd most popular that year.

Across all spellings of the name, the Bonnie you are most likely to meet is around 3 years old. Half of all Bonnies born in England and Wales are between 3 and 12, and there are at least 13,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 4% chance that at least one of them will be called Bonnie.

How many babies are named Bani each year?

Includes all spellings: Bani, Bonnie. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

05001k2k200020201996: 951997: 1021998: 991999: 712000: 852001: 942002: 832003: 1152004: 1252005: 1422006: 1022007: 1012008: 1242009: 1732010: 1912011: 2312012: 2482013: 3142014: 3892015: 4862016: 5122017: 5752018: 6562019: 8962020: 1,0242021: 1,1322022: 1,1582023: 1,3652024: 1,6072025: 896actual

Where does the Bani spelling rank?

1101001,00010,00020202009: ranked 5,5562011: ranked 5,7852013: ranked 4,0502014: ranked 4,0032015: ranked 4,7362016: ranked 2,2332017: ranked 2,2012018: ranked 2,3402019: ranked 1,6342020: ranked 2,6152021: ranked 2,3412022: ranked 2,4882023: ranked 1,5752024: ranked 1,3532025: ranked 2,006

Where does the Bonnie spelling rank?

110100500200020201996: ranked 3561997: ranked 3351998: ranked 3421999: ranked 4272000: ranked 3802001: ranked 3572002: ranked 3982003: ranked 3312004: ranked 3202005: ranked 2962006: ranked 4102007: ranked 4112008: ranked 3582009: ranked 2812010: ranked 2632011: ranked 2182012: ranked 2012013: ranked 1712014: ranked 1422015: ranked 1202016: ranked 1142017: ranked 952018: ranked 812019: ranked 622020: ranked 452021: ranked 402022: ranked 352023: ranked 262024: ranked 162025: ranked 48

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Bani per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 1,607 in 2024
Bani: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Bani most popular?

The most popular form of the name, Bonnie, peaked in 2024, when 1,607 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Bani spelling itself peaked in 2024, with 24 babies.

How many people are called Bani?

At least 13,000 people named Bani in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Bani?

Most living Banis are between 3 and 12; the most common age is about 3.

Is Bani becoming more or less popular?

Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.






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