Kani
Mostly girls · KAH-nee · Hawaiian
Kani is a name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “sound”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Kani mean?
Hawaiian: Hawaiian word
“sound”
In Hawaiian kani means 'sound'; separately, in Tamil, kani means 'fruit'.
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- KAH-nee
Is Kani a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Kani has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 13 girls and 12 boys in the US.
How popular is Kani in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Kani, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kani in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Kani in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
How popular is Kani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Kani, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 46 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993. 13 girls were also named Kani in 2025 (7,883rd for girls).
Half of all the boys named Kani in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2022, 43% of the babies named Kani in the US were girls.
Kani in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,090 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 29 | #3,632 |
| 2009 | 32 | #3,397 |
| 2008 | 32 | #3,419 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 46 | #2,577 |
| 2005 | 35 | #2,956 |
| 2004 | 31 | #3,154 |
| 2003 | 26 | #3,438 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 27 | #3,144 |
| 1999 | 21 | #3,586 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
Names like Kani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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