Kani was the #7,885 girls' name in the US in 2025 (13 babies), and #4,201 in England & Wales.
Kani as a girl’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2025
#7,885 (13)
#4,201 (5)
2024
#12,161 (7)
#4,193 (5)
2023
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#5,688 (3)
2022
#6,464 (18)
#3,971 (5)
2021
#10,292 (9)
#3,961 (5)
2020
#6,923 (16)
#2,843 (8)
2019
#10,473 (9)
#3,151 (7)
2018
#15,682 (5)
#3,985 (5)
2017
#9,943 (10)
#3,583 (6)
2016
#14,331 (6)
#4,096 (5)
2015
#10,866 (9)
#2,945 (8)
2014
#14,558 (6)
#2,862 (8)
2013
#11,969 (8)
#4,739 (4)
2012
#11,257 (9)
#2,717 (9)
2011
#12,153 (8)
#3,185 (7)
Kani as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2025
#6,803 (12)
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2024
#5,904 (15)
#5,120 (3)
2023
#6,897 (12)
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2022
#4,303 (24)
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2021
#5,110 (18)
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2020
#5,041 (18)
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2019
#5,153 (18)
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2018
#4,094 (25)
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2017
#8,140 (9)
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2016
#6,053 (14)
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2015
#5,289 (17)
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2014
#5,997 (14)
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2013
#6,241 (13)
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2012
#5,035 (18)
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2011
#3,885 (26)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 2022 at #6,464.
Falling over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1996.
In 2025, 52% of US babies named Kani were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 130,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.