Sani
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- SAH-nee
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Sani is a name. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
Where does Sani come from?
Uncertain; similar names exist in several languages
Is Sani a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Sani has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Sani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Sani, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 32 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002. 7 boys were also named Sani in 2025 (9,710th for boys).
2025 had the fewest girls named Sani since it first appeared, in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Sani in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2009, 79% of the babies named Sani in the US were girls.
Sani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,571 |
| 2007 | 32 | #4,566 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
Names like Sani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saanvi, Sanvi, Anvi, Navi, Dhriti, Aashvi, Avani, Shanvi, Prisha, Vaani, Saavi, Nirvi
Names related to Sani
Sources
Figures from 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, “Sani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sani, updated 20 October 2026.