Bani
Girl · BAA-nee · Punjabi
Bani is a girls' name of Punjabi origin, meaning “sacred word, hymn”. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Bani mean?
Punjabi: from Sanskrit vani, 'speech, voice'
“sacred word, hymn”
In Sikhism bani refers to the sacred hymns of the Gurus, as in Gurbani.
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Is Bani a girl's or a boy's name?
Bani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bani in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,076among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Bani, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 24 girls.
Half of all the girls named Bani in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Bani in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 24 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,666 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,729 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
How popular is Bani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,237among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Bani, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. It first appears in the records in 1991.
2025 had the most girls named Bani of any year since it first appeared, in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Bani in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
Names like Bani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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