Feminine dossier · first seen 1962

Shani

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Shani
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 91.9% from peak

Peak era

1969

Peak rank proxy

223

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1962Peak 19692024

Peak year

1969

Decline from peak

91.9%

2024

All-time

4,518

Shani once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1969, when 223 girls were named Shani.

In 2024, only 18 girls were given the name.

Down 91.9% from its peak.

All told, about 4,518 Americans have been named Shani and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1962.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 91.9% from peak

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