Rani
Recorded 1946–2025 · United States
Rani was most popular in 1979, when 50 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,179 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,732, with 31 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,126 people named Rani.
Rani over time
How old is the name Rani?
Rani first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1946, which makes it about 79 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 76 of the 80 years since.
How many people are named Rani?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,126 American births named Rani between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,051 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Rani in 2025?
31 American babies were named Rani in 2025, ranking #7,732 that year.
Is Rani getting more or less popular?
Rani is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 30 births a year, against 28 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +9% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Rani a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Rani is mostly a girl’s name — 89.9% of the 2,126 Americans given it were girls and 10.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 86% girls and 14% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Rani?
Roughly 2,051 Americans named Rani are alive today — 96% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 32 years old, and half are between 18 and 47.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Rani is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org