# Rani (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rani/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “a queen”, “princess”, “the wife of a king” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,126 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 215 / 1,911 (90% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 246, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Sanskrit राज्ञी (rājñī, “a queen, princess, the wife of a king”), through Hindi रानी (rānī).

## What it means

Rani is grouped under king and queen.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 8,117 |
| 2012 | 27 | 5,220 |
| 2013 | 29 | 4,858 |
| 2014 | 29 | 4,874 |
| 2015 | 18 | 6,928 |
| 2016 | 25 | 5,419 |
| 2017 | 16 | 7,363 |
| 2018 | 19 | 6,466 |
| 2019 | 32 | 4,420 |
| 2020 | 36 | 3,989 |
| 2021 | 29 | 4,707 |
| 2022 | 26 | 5,139 |
| 2023 | 25 | 5,226 |
| 2024 | 27 | 4,995 |
| 2025 | 31 | 4,528 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 10 | 7,123 |
| 2004 | 10 | 7,395 |
| 2005 | 10 | 7,529 |
| 2006 | 6 | 11,720 |
| 2007 | 5 | 13,936 |
| 2009 | 5 | 14,029 |
| 2010 | 6 | 11,856 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,478 |
| 2014 | 14 | 6,230 |
| 2016 | 7 | 10,486 |
| 2017 | 5 | 13,796 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,671 |
| 2020 | 7 | 10,352 |
| 2021 | 7 | 10,543 |
| 2022 | 7 | 10,606 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,961 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,706 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,643 |
| 2020 | 12 | 2,163 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,673 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,927 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3,318 |
| 2025 | 21 | 1,454 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |

## People named Rani

- Rani Hamid, Bangladeshi female chess player
- Rani Rashmoni, 19th century Indian philanthropist
- Rani Rosius, Belgian sprinter
- Rani Yahya, Brazilian martial artist
- Reiley, Faroese singer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.