Shani

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Shani: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #615 in 2006, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#615highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#620
1997	#803
1998	#817
1999	#1018
2000	#993
2001	#1305
2002	#890
2003	#1269
2004	#1106
2005	#1406
2006	#615
2007	#1384
2008	#1391
2009	#2148
2010	#2392
2011	#2275
2012	#2717
2013	#3160
2014	#4684
2015	#2705
2016	#4763
2017	#4063
2018	#3178
2019	#4001
2020	#3899
2021	#3519
2022	#4645
2023	#2201
2024	#3015

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 #620 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: #615 among girls in England and Wales, in 2006 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Shani 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 Shani in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	114	4 of 10	29
2000sbusiest	220	10 of 10	22
2010s	71	10 of 10	7
2020s	35	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 22 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2005 and 2006, when recorded births rose by 38, from 16 to 54.

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

Shani 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: #615 in England and Wales in 2006.

Shani'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	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2275	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2148	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1391	20	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1384	19	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#615	54	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1406	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1106	21	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1269	17	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#890	26	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1305	15	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#993	21	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1018	20	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#817	27	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#803	28	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#620	39	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 #615, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 54 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

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 →
#3,015position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
54births registered in its largest year, 200650 to 99 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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Shane · #3, 72y
Shania · #16, 30y
Shanice · #211, 32y

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.

Mariyah · #615, 29y
Abubakar · #617, 29y
Alexandros · #613, 29y
Hammad · #611, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Flinn · #615, 18y
Maaz · #615, 26y
Mariyah · #615, 29y
Neelam · #615, 21y

Shani was ranked #615 in England and Wales · Girls in 2006. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Shani 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 Shani without appearing here.

Shani moved ahead of

Shauna Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4645 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2201 and #4709.
Kristy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #5666.
Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4001 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3519 and #5581.
Levi Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4645 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2201 and #4056.

Moved ahead of Shani

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3160 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Janice Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3519 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #1948.
Meabh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2705 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #2233.
Francis Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3519 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #2488.

Moved the opposite way to Shani

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shani went from #620 to #3015 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shani went from #620 to #3015 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shani went from #620 to #3015 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shani went from #620 to #3015 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Shani

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shani went from #620 to #3015 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shani went from #620 to #3015 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shani went from #620 to #3015 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Shani went from #620 to #3015 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #615 in England and Wales in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Shani

Shani at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shani by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Shani at a glance

Shani by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Shani moved ahead of

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