Baani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BAH-nee
- Origin
- Punjabi
- UK rank, 2025
- #655 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,711 for girls
Baani is a girls' name of Punjabi origin, meaning “sacred word, utterance”. In 2025 it ranked 655th for girls in the UK (63 babies) and 3,711th for girls in the US (40 babies).
What does Baani mean?
Punjabi: from Sanskrit vani, 'speech'
“sacred word, utterance”
In Sikhism, Gurbani, 'the Guru's word', refers to the hymns of the Guru Granth Sahib.
Is Baani a girl's or a boy's name?
Baani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 63 girls in the UK and 40 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Baani in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #655among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 63about 1 in 4,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 94% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 63 girls in the UK were named Baani, making it the 655th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,246th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Baani of any year since it first appeared, in 2011.
Half of all the girls named Baani in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 622nd in England and Wales.
Baani in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | #655 |
| 2024 | 42 | #907 |
| 2023 | 29 | #1,209 |
| 2022 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 2021 | 40 | #945 |
| 2020 | 28 | #1,246 |
| 2019 | 25 | #1,368 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
How popular is Baani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,711among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 40about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 40 girls in the US were named Baani, making it the 3,711th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. It first appears in the records in 2006.
2025 had the most girls named Baani of any year since it first appeared, in 2006.
Half of all the girls named Baani in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Baani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,711 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,822 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,996 |
| 2022 | 32 | #4,376 |
| 2021 | 30 | #4,503 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,261 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
Names like Baani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saanvi Gurbani Aarvi Gurnaaz Anvi Aadhya Prisha Khivi Ayat Raya Arya Vaani
Names related to Baani
More Punjabi names
Asees Gurbaaz Nirvair Gurfateh Jind Akaal Gurnawab Jujhar Ajooni Mannat Ekam Gurniwaz Gursanjh Avleen Anhad Harleen
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, “Baani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/baani, updated 20 October 2026.