Ashani
Girl · uh-SHAH-nee · Sanskrit
Ashani is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “thunderbolt, lightning”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Ashani mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit ashani; also used as a modern African American name
“thunderbolt, lightning”
- Say it
- uh-SHAH-nee
Is Ashani a girl's or a boy's name?
Ashani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ashani in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 8 girls.
Ashani in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
How popular is Ashani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Ashani, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the girls named Ashani in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ashani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
Names like Ashani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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