girls:
169 births since 1985
#5547 (3rd percentile)
boys:
695 births since 1972
#3892 (15th percentile)
overall:
864 births since 1972
#6875 (11th percentile)
The name Hani is the #6,875 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 864 recorded births since 1972. This represents the 11.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,892 (15.1% percentile) for all time with 695 births since 1972. For girls, it ranks #5,547 (2.9% percentile) for all time with 169 births since 1985.
Hani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1972 (1972 for boys and 1985 for girls). Birth data for Hani is available in 50 out of the 52 years between 1972 and 2023 (50 years for boys and 18 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 Hani has been given predominantly to boys, with 80.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 50.0% of babies named Hani were boys.
For boys, Hani reached its peak popularity in 1990, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #751) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1990, with 11 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Hani ranks #900 for boys (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 81.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Hani reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #924) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2008, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Hani is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #936 (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Hani".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Hani. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 62.8% confident that Hani is pronounced as HAH-nee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is HUH-nee, at 18.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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