Ani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AH-nee
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,961 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,957 for girls
Ani is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 2,957th for girls in the US (56 babies).
What does Ani mean?
Armenian and Georgian name, also a short form of Anna
Ani was a medieval capital of Armenia, now a ruined city on the Turkish border.
Is Ani a girl's or a boy's name?
Ani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 56 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ani in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,961among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Ani, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 22 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ani in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.
Ani in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 22 | #1,494 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 14 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,958 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,913 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 2 | #4,986 |
How popular is Ani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,957among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 56about 1 in 29,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 56 girls in the US were named Ani, making it the 2,957th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,216th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 122 girls. It first appears in the records in 1958.
2025 had fewer girls named Ani than any year since 1999.
Half of all the girls named Ani in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 72 girls in the US were given Ani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,103, up from #2,957 for this spelling alone.
Ani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #2,957 |
| 2024 | 80 | #2,303 |
| 2023 | 73 | #2,442 |
| 2022 | 79 | #2,346 |
| 2021 | 68 | #2,558 |
| 2020 | 81 | #2,216 |
| 2019 | 83 | #2,217 |
| 2018 | 66 | #2,610 |
| 2017 | 71 | #2,508 |
| 2016 | 93 | #2,093 |
| 2015 | 78 | #2,351 |
| 2014 | 101 | #1,967 |
| 2013 | 77 | #2,364 |
| 2012 | 67 | #2,654 |
| 2011 | 82 | #2,274 |
| 2010 | 79 | #2,386 |
| 2009 | 107 | #1,947 |
| 2008 | 107 | #1,966 |
| 2007 | 122 | #1,760 |
| 2006 | 107 | #1,894 |
| 2005 | 116 | #1,703 |
| 2004 | 115 | #1,683 |
| 2003 | 110 | #1,719 |
| 2002 | 92 | #1,913 |
| 2001 | 73 | #2,207 |
| 2000 | 89 | #1,896 |
| 1999 | 47 | #2,851 |
| 1998 | 55 | #2,495 |
| 1997 | 49 | #2,587 |
| 1996 | 50 | #2,506 |
| 1995 | 56 | #2,340 |
| 1994 | 37 | #3,093 |
| 1993 | 52 | #2,412 |
| 1992 | 54 | #2,381 |
| 1991 | 43 | #2,732 |
| 1990 | 42 | #2,732 |
| 1989 | 37 | #2,925 |
| 1988 | 28 | #3,388 |
| 1987 | 30 | #3,098 |
| 1986 | 26 | #3,358 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,516 |
| 1984 | 30 | #2,914 |
| 1983 | 27 | #3,064 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,646 |
| 1981 | 25 | #3,340 |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,852 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,230 |
| 1978 | 21 | #3,512 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,695 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
Names like Ani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anvi Saanvi Avni Aashvi Aarvi Avani Arya Dhriti Yashvi Sanvi Krishvi Tanvi
Other spellings of Ani
Names related to Ani
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ani, updated 20 October 2026.