girls:
144 births since 2004
#5572 (2nd percentile)
boys:
92 births since 2009
#4494 (2nd percentile)
overall:
236 births since 2004
#7503 (3rd percentile)
The name Zani is the #7,503 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 236 recorded births since 2004. This represents the 3.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,572 (2.5% percentile) for all time with 144 births since 2004. For boys, it ranks #4,494 (1.9% percentile) for all time with 92 births since 2009.
Zani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2004 (2004 for girls and 2009 for boys). Birth data for Zani is available in 18 out of the 20 years between 2004 and 2023 (18 years for girls and 11 years for boys). 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 Zani has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (61.0% of all recorded births). In 2023, 42.1% of babies named Zani were girls.
For girls, Zani reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #978) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Zani ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 85.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Zani reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #912) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Zani ranks #905 for boys (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 86.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zani".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Zani. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 66.0% confident that Zani is pronounced as ZAH-nee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ZAY-nee, at 21.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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