# Shani (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shani/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,542 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 17 / 4,525 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 445, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 22 | 6,115 |
| 2012 | 30 | 4,818 |
| 2013 | 21 | 6,220 |
| 2014 | 18 | 6,945 |
| 2015 | 28 | 4,967 |
| 2016 | 16 | 7,553 |
| 2017 | 12 | 9,267 |
| 2018 | 8 | 12,322 |
| 2019 | 19 | 6,380 |
| 2020 | 17 | 6,883 |
| 2021 | 9 | 11,028 |
| 2022 | 17 | 6,948 |
| 2023 | 21 | 5,926 |
| 2024 | 18 | 6,608 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12,980 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 6 | 5,350 |
| 1988 | 6 | 7,112 |
| 2000 | 5 | 11,845 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 2,275 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,717 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,705 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## People named Shani

- Shani Davis, American speed skater
- Shani Louk, German-Israeli tattoo artist who was killed in the October 7 attacks
- Shani Wallis, English-American actress
- Shani Mootoo, Canadian artist (born 1957)

## 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.