Meaning and history
Shani occurs in several naming traditions. In Hebrew, Shani means “scarlet” or “crimson,” while in Sanskrit Shani is the name of the deity associated with the planet Saturn in Hindu tradition. Notable bearers include Israeli singer Shani Zamir and Indian-American writer Shani Mootoo.
20062006: 56 births, rank #3,017
2007: 50 births, rank #3,329
2008: 53 births, rank #3,158
2009: 41 births, rank #3,800
2010: 42 births, rank #3,689
20112011: 22 births, rank #5,935
2012: 30 births, rank #4,707
2013: 21 births, rank #6,017
2014: 18 births, rank #6,713
2015: 28 births, rank #4,853
20162016: 16 births, rank #7,230
2017: 12 births, rank #8,776
2018: 8 births, rank #11,427
2019: 19 births, rank #6,176
2020: 17 births, rank #6,629
20212021: 9 births, rank #10,292
2022: 17 births, rank #6,707
2023: 21 births, rank #5,752
2024: 18 births, rank #6,394
20252025: 7 births, rank #11,932
Shani rose from #985 to #976 for girls between 1976 and 1977. Its highest annual birth count came in 1969, with 223 births.