How Many People Are Named Sani?
people named Sani are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 668,854 people in the US has this name
Based on 515 babies named Sani in Social Security records from 2000 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
39 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "brilliant, splendid" in Arabic.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Sani, 75.4% were girls and 24.6% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 2000s: 77.8% of the babies were girls then and 78.5% in the 2010s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sani alive today is about 13 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 18 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sani first appears in the records in 2000 and was given most often in 2007, to 39 babies. In 2025, 13 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 2000 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sani has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #4,649, in 2007. In 2025 it ranked #14,634. Among boys, its best rank was #6,412, in 2024.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #14,634 | #10,493 |
| Best rank | #4,649 (2007) | #6,412 (2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #6,692 in the 2000s | #10,430 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sani alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sani were born in New York than in any other state: about 21 of those alive today.
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