Rani Girl
How popular is Rani?
#4,459 girl name in 2025
31 baby girls were named Rani in the US in 2025, making it the 4459th most popular girl name.
Rani popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #4,459 for girls (▲ 431 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 31 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+72% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #6,719 in 2015, #3,914 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1971 (44 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,937 in 1971 |
| First recorded | 1946 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 14% boys, 86% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Rani counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Rainey family of names ranked #988 for girls in 2025 (#1,096 the year before), with 206 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Rainey | 76 | 37% |
| Rani | 31 | 15% |
| Rainy | 20 | 10% |
| Rainie | 22 | 11% |
| Rainee | 20 | 10% |
| Raini | 11 | 5% |
| Raynie | 12 | 6% |
| Raynee | 8 | 4% |
| Ranni | 6 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Rani is most popular
Babies named Rani per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Rani by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 23 | #3,704 |
| 1950s | 50 | #3,488 |
| 1960s | 152 | #2,296 |
| 1970s | 377 | #1,937 |
| 1980s | 264 | #2,451 |
| 1990s | 331 | #2,747 |
| 2000s | 309 | #3,586 |
| 2010s | 231 | #4,342 |
| 2020s | 174 | #3,914 |
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Questions
- Is Rani a boy or girl name?
- Rani is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 86% of babies named Rani were girls.
- How popular is the name Rani?
- 31 baby girls were named Rani in the US in 2025, making it the 4459th most popular girl name.
- When was Rani most popular?
- Rani peaked in 1971, when 44 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,937 in 1971.
- How many people are named Rani?
- 2,126 babies have been named Rani in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,053 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 32.
- Where is Rani most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Rani was most common in New York, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.