Chani
Girl · KHAH-nee · Hebrew
Chani is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “grace, favour”. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Chani mean?
Hebrew: Yiddish pet form of Chana (Hannah)
“grace, favour”
Also the name of the Fremen heroine in Frank Herbert's novel Dune.
- Say it
- KHAH-nee
Is Chani a girl's or a boy's name?
Chani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chani in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,076among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Chani, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Chani in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Chani in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 14 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Chani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Chani, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 1986, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the girls named Chani in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 111 girls in the US were given Chani or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,580, up from #8,858 for this spelling alone.
Chani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,863 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,010 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 23 | #3,643 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,125 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,459 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,152 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,760 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
Names like Chani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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