Sani was the #9,714 boys' name in the US in 2025 (7 babies).
Sani as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Ireland
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
Ireland
2025
#9,714 (7)
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2024
#6,199 (14)
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#785 (3)
2022
#9,823 (7)
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2021
#10,799 (6)
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2019
#8,889 (8)
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2017
#10,775 (6)
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2016
#8,816 (8)
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2015
#12,086 (5)
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2013
#8,118 (9)
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2012
#10,770 (6)
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2010
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#4,678 (3)
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2009
#9,864 (7)
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2008
#9,871 (7)
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2007
#9,788 (7)
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2006
#9,585 (7)
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Sani 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
#13,208 (6)
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2024
#9,556 (10)
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2023
#12,197 (7)
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2022
#9,056 (11)
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2021
#9,562 (10)
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2020
#8,406 (12)
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2019
#9,112 (11)
#5,591 (3)
2018
#7,100 (16)
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2017
#8,776 (12)
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2016
#7,988 (14)
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2015
#10,866 (9)
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2014
#6,987 (17)
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2013
#9,036 (12)
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2012
#7,804 (15)
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2011
#5,935 (22)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 2024 at #6,199.
First recorded in the US in 2000.
In 2025, 46% of US babies named Sani were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 250,000 baby boys 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.