Kani

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kani: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kani: Recorded since 1997, its highest recorded position is #2,337, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#2337highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2004–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#3725
2005	#3382
2007	#4294
2008	#4524
2009	#4564
2010	#2392
2011	#3185
2012	#2717
2013	#4739
2014	#2862
2015	#2945
2016	#4096
2017	#3583
2018	#3985
2019	#3151
2020	#2843
2021	#3961
2022	#3970
2023	#5687
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 3 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2337 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #2337 among boys in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Kani appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 20 ranked years and 116 births registered; the earliest is England and Wales · Boys, from 1997.

Kani across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kani's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2337 (1997)	#2337 (1997)	#5119 (2024)	3 of 28	10 (1997–2024)	4 (1997)
England and Wales · Girls	#3725 (2004)	#2392 (2010)	#4192 (2024)	20 of 21	116 (2004–2024)	10 (2010)

Kani by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kani in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	21	5 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	69	10 of 10	7
2020s	26	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kani appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2337 in England and Wales in 1997.

Kani's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,337, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
18 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
6 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#4,192position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
10births registered in its largest year, 2010Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Kara · #93, 54y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Eliyahu · #2337, 18y
Kashaf · #2337, 21y
Levy · #2337, 19y
Daisy-Leigh · #2338, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aarif · #2337, 11y
Anastasios · #2337, 13y
Eliyahu · #2337, 18y
Kashaf · #2337, 21y

Kani and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kani without appearing here.

Kani moved ahead of

Finlay Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4564 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2392 and #5707.
Kristine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4564 and #3031 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2392 and #5707.
Lynette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4564 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2717 and #5876.
Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Kani

Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3970 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2504.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #1286.
Freddie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3961 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #4056.
Francis Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3961 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3970 and #2488.

Moved the opposite way to Kani

Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kani went from #2392 to #4192 while Rory went from #5707 to #1603.
Arlo Compare
Between 2015 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Kani went from #2945 to #4192 while Arlo went from #5730 to #1894.

Moved the same way as Kani

Kristin Compare
Between 2004 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Kani went from #3725 to #5687 and Kristin from #1715 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 2004 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Kani went from #3725 to #5687 and Therese from #2802 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 2004 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Kani went from #3725 to #5687 and Tracey from #1072 to #5687.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2337 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kani

Kani at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kani across 2 official records

Kani by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kani appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Kani at a glance

Kani across 2 official records

Kani by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Kani appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Kani and the names beside it

Kani moved ahead of

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