Rani

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Rani: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,815 in 2008, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1815highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#2411
1998	#3848
1999	#3225
2000	#2746
2001	#3998
2002	#2540
2003	#1996
2004	#2530
2005	#2682
2006	#2509
2007	#1854
2008	#1815
2009	#3031
2010	#4688
2011	#3185
2012	#3285
2013	#3536
2014	#4003
2015	#1961
2016	#2547
2017	#2706
2018	#2901
2019	#2643
2020	#2163
2021	#2499
2022	#2673
2023	#2927
2024	#3318

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 girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1815 among girls in England and Wales, in 2008 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Rani 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 Rani in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	18	4 of 10	5
2000s	79	10 of 10	8
2010s	79	10 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	46	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

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

Rani 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1815 in England and Wales in 2008.

Rani'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	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2163	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2706	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1961	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1815	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1854	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1996	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,815, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

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 →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#3,318position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
14births registered in its largest year, 2008Under 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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Raniya · #2235, 20y

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.

Honour · #1815, 28y
Tiyana · #1815, 27y
Ysabella · #1815, 26y
Zainah · #1815, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Honour · #1815, 28y
Tiyana · #1815, 27y
Ysabella · #1815, 26y
Zainah · #1815, 25y

Rani 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 Rani without appearing here.

Rani moved ahead of

Tyler Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4003 and #3160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1961 and #5730.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2643 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2163 and #5493.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2901 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2643 and #5591.
Donna Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4003 and #3514 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1961 and #4736.

Moved ahead of Rani

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3536 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4003 and #1628.
Ida Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2411 and #2738 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3848 and #2165.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #1743.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2163 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #1785.

Moved the opposite way to Rani

Arlo Compare
Between 2015 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rani went from #1961 to #3318 while Arlo went from #5730 to #1894.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1815 in England and Wales in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rani

Rani at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rani by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rani appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Rani and the names beside it

Rani moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Rani

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Rani at a glance

Rani by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rani appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Rani and the names beside it

Rani moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Rani

Moved the opposite way to Rani