Vani

Vani was the #4,661 girls' name in the US in 2025 (29 babies), and #3,333 in England & Wales and #1,882 in Canada.

Vani as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Vani as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Vani as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#4,661 (29)#3,333 (7)#1,882 (12)
2024#6,394 (18)#3,696 (6)#2,445 (8)
2023#6,680 (17)#5,688 (3)#2,604 (7)
2022#5,172 (25)#3,149 (7)—
2021#6,414 (18)#5,581 (3)#2,893 (6)
2020#7,969 (13)——
2019#5,986 (20)#4,001 (5)—
2018#6,248 (19)—#2,151 (9)
2017#6,808 (17)#4,763 (4)—
2016#9,411 (11)——
2015#7,266 (16)#5,730 (3)—
2014#7,302 (16)#4,684 (4)—
2013#6,017 (21)#4,739 (4)—
2012#5,710 (23)——
2011#6,855 (18)#4,764 (4)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #4,661.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1979.

How common is it?

about 1 in 56,000 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 56,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 36,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Vani is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 63,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 40,000 to 1 in 100,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
VaniCanadaGirls#1,88212
VaniEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
VaniNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
VaniUSGirls#4,66129