Shani
8
Babies in 2024
+100%
10-year change
2006
Peak · 54
-33%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Shani
Shani peaked among UK girls' names in the late 2000s (54 babies in 2006) and has remained in active use — 8 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Shani reached its peak in 2006, when 54 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #615 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 8 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 440 girls have been officially registered with the name Shani in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 69 girls were registered with the name, starting from 4 in 2014 and ending at 8 in 2024.