girls:
372 births since 2002
#5344 (6th percentile)
boys:
106 births since 2000
#4480 (2nd percentile)
overall:
478 births since 2000
#7261 (6th percentile)
The name Sani is the #7,261 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 478 recorded births since 2000. This represents the 6.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,344 (6.5% percentile) for all time with 372 births since 2002. For boys, it ranks #4,480 (2.2% percentile) for all time with 106 births since 2000.
Sani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2000 (2000 for boys and 2002 for girls).
The name Sani has been given predominantly to girls, with 77.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Sani were girls. Interestingly, until around 2003, the name was more popular for boys (59.3% boys from 2000 to 2002), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (80.0% girls from 2003 to 2023).
For girls, Sani reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 2.7% percentile (ranked #960) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.7% percentile). Despite a low point in 2019, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Sani ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 26.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Sani reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #884) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sani".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Sani. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 49.0% confident that Sani is pronounced as SAH-nee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SA-nee, at 22.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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