girls:
97 births since 1998
#5619 (2nd percentile)
boys:
244 births since 1998
#4342 (5th percentile)
overall:
341 births since 1998
#7398 (4th percentile)
The name Dhani is the #7,398 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 341 recorded births since 1998. This represents the 4.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,342 (5.3% percentile) for all time with 244 births since 1998. For girls, it ranks #5,619 (1.7% percentile) for all time with 97 births since 1998.
Dhani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1998 . Birth data for Dhani is available in 19 out of the 26 years between 1998 and 2023 (19 years for boys and 13 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Dhani has been given predominantly to boys, with 71.6% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 57.1% of babies named Dhani were boys.
For boys, Dhani reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #853) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 16 births per million (ranked 3.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Dhani ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 28.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Dhani reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #937) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Dhani ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 56.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dhani".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Dhani. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 50.0% confident that Dhani is pronounced as DAH-nee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is THAH-nee, at 27.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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