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How popular is the name Shani?
Births per year, rank history and how many Shanis are alive today.
Shani (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 4201st in 2025 and given to 5 babies. The name peaked in 2006, when 54 babies were given the name, the 615th most popular that year. It has declined since 2006; the 2025 figure is roughly 9% of its peak.
The Shani you are most likely to meet is around 31 years old - or else around 19: the name has two living generations. Half of all Shanis born in England and Wales are between 20 and 33, and there are at least 710 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Shani - on average, only one in every 444 such rooms contains a Shani.
How many babies are named Shani each year?
Where does Shani rank among girls' names?
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.
Common questions
When was the name Shani most popular?
Shani peaked in 2006, when 54 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Shani?
At least 710 people named Shani born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Shani?
Most living Shanis are between 20 and 33; the most common age is about 31. There is a second cluster around 19.
Is Shani becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.