Niani
Girl · nee-AH-nee · Modern
Niani is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Niani mean?
Modern: modern coinage; also a historic West African place name
Niani, in present-day Guinea, is traditionally held to have been a capital of the medieval Mali Empire.
- Say it
- nee-AH-nee
Is Niani a girl's or a boy's name?
Niani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Niani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 81% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Niani, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Niani in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Niani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
Names like Niani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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