Rani
- #4,460 for girls in 2025, 31 births
- Last seen for boys in 2022 at #9,823
- Given to girls 89.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1971 · 44 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,911since 1946
Rani over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,460 | 31 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,893 | 27 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,126 | 25 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,028 | 26 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #4,607 | 29 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #3,915 | 36 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #4,343 | 32 | — | |
| 2018 | #6,248 | 19 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | #7,092 | 16 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #5,284 | 25 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #6,721 | 18 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,768 | 29 | #5,997 | 14 |
| 2013 | #4,755 | 29 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #5,114 | 27 | — | |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,182 | 21 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #5,537 | 25 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #4,448 | 34 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,380 | 34 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #5,086 | 27 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #3,876 | 37 | #7,096 | 10 |
| 2004 | #5,555 | 22 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | #3,731 | 37 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #4,498 | 27 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #4,107 | 30 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #3,591 | 36 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #3,718 | 32 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,492 | 24 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #3,897 | 28 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #3,302 | 35 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #3,285 | 34 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #2,752 | 44 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,351 | 33 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,773 | 28 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,843 | 41 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #3,364 | 32 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #3,253 | 32 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,172 | 21 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,757 | 22 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,008 | 30 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,065 | 27 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #2,451 | 39 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #3,066 | 28 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #2,537 | 37 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,248 | 43 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #2,350 | 38 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,216 | 41 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,664 | 29 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,456 | 32 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,213 | 36 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,267 | 34 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,946 | 42 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,937 | 44 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,120 | 38 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,296 | 31 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,789 | 21 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,400 | 14 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,264 | 15 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,108 | 17 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,161 | 16 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | — | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | — | |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | — | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | — | |
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| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | — | |
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| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | — | |
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First appearance
1946
The first year at least five girls were named Rani! It came in at #3,994, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1949–1954, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Rani is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- California#2,767 · 1 in 26,954
Best ever in a state: #436 in Oklahoma, 1991.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #2,767 | 6 | 1 in 26,954 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 433 spots since 2024 (#4,893 → #4,460)
- 545 spots since 2020 (#3,915 → #4,460)
- 2,261 spots since 2015 (#6,721 → #4,460)
Rise & fade · girls
25 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 1971 at #1,937 (44 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 36,220
- Highest: 1 in 36,220 girls born in 1972 were named Rani (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 51,847 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,937 in 1971, was only 1 in 37,814 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 19.7% of all girls named Rani (377) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 23 | #3,706 (1947) | #3,968 |
| 1950s | 50 | #3,489 (1957) | #4,948 |
| 1960s | 152 | #2,296 (1969) | #3,704 |
| 1970s | 377 | #1,937 (1971) | #2,242 |
| 1980s | 264 | #2,451 (1982) | #3,566 |
| 1990s | 331 | #2,752 (1994) | #3,478 |
| 2000s | 309 | #3,591 (2000) | #4,481 |
| 2010s | 231 | #4,343 (2019) | #5,829 |
| 2020s | 174 | #3,915 (2020) | #4,672 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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