Rani is an uncommon variant of Rayna that peaked in 1979 and has grown less common since.
Rani is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #4,528 for girl births in the United States (and #7,846 across all names), given to 31 babies. Rani was first reported in SSA data in 1946 and peaked in 1971 (44 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | 31 | #4,528 | — |
| 2024 | 27 | 27 | #4,995 | — |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | #5,226 | — |
| 2022 | 33 | 33 | #5,139 | #10,606 |
| 2021 | 36 | 36 | #4,707 | #10,543 |
| 2020 | 43 | 43 | #3,989 | #10,352 |
| 2019 | 32 | 32 | #4,420 | — |
| 2018 | 28 | 28 | #6,466 | #8,671 |
| 2017 | 21 | 21 | #7,363 | #13,796 |
| 2016 | 32 | 32 | #5,419 | #10,486 |
| 2015 | 18 | 18 | #6,928 | — |
| 2014 | 43 | 43 | #4,874 | #6,230 |
| 2013 | 36 | 36 | #4,858 | #10,478 |
| 2012 | 27 | 27 | #5,220 | — |
| 2011 | 15 | 15 | #8,117 | — |
| 2010 | 27 | 27 | #6,337 | #11,856 |
| 2009 | 30 | 30 | #5,671 | #14,029 |
| 2008 | 34 | 34 | #4,530 | — |
| 2007 | 39 | 39 | #4,448 | #13,936 |
| 2006 | 33 | 33 | #5,194 | #11,720 |
| 2005 | 47 | 47 | #3,930 | #7,529 |
| 2004 | 32 | 32 | #5,711 | #7,395 |
| 2003 | 47 | 47 | #3,794 | #7,123 |
| 2002 | 33 | 33 | #4,590 | #10,371 |
| 2001 | 39 | 39 | #4,179 | #7,385 |
| 2000 | 44 | 44 | #3,642 | #8,028 |
| 1999 | 32 | 32 | #3,779 | — |
| 1998 | 30 | 30 | #4,600 | #9,369 |
| 1997 | 34 | — | #3,977 | #9,006 |
| 1996 | 40 | — | #3,348 | #10,191 |
| 1995 | 46 | — | #3,343 | #5,051 |
| 1994 | 44 | — | #2,787 | — |
| 1993 | 33 | — | #3,400 | — |
| 1992 | 28 | — | #3,846 | — |
| 1991 | 47 | — | #2,869 | #8,016 |
| 1990 | 40 | — | #3,418 | #6,281 |
| 1989 | 32 | — | #3,305 | — |
| 1988 | 26 | — | #4,276 | #8,232 |
| 1987 | 13 | — | #5,849 | — |
| 1986 | 22 | — | #3,853 | — |
| 1985 | 35 | — | #3,063 | #7,341 |
| 1984 | 15 | — | #4,908 | — |
| 1983 | 33 | — | #3,124 | #6,051 |
| 1982 | 44 | — | #2,480 | #7,124 |
| 1981 | 34 | — | #3,123 | #6,072 |
| 1980 | 37 | — | #2,579 | — |
| 1979 | 50 | — | #2,265 | #5,238 |
| 1978 | 38 | — | #2,377 | — |
| 1977 | 41 | — | #2,241 | — |
| 1976 | 29 | — | #2,709 | — |
| 1975 | 32 | — | #2,494 | — |
| 1974 | 36 | — | #2,242 | — |
| 1973 | 34 | — | #2,294 | — |
| 1972 | 42 | — | #1,962 | — |
| 1971 | 44 | — | #1,959 | — |
| 1970 | 38 | — | #2,148 | — |
| 1969 | 31 | — | #2,340 | — |
| 1968 | 21 | — | #2,849 | — |
| 1967 | 16 | — | #3,294 | — |
| 1966 | 14 | — | #3,499 | — |
| 1965 | 15 | — | #3,373 | — |
| 1964 | 17 | — | #3,206 | — |
| 1963 | 9 | — | #4,817 | — |
| 1962 | 16 | — | #3,262 | — |
| 1961 | 8 | — | #5,187 | — |
| 1960 | 5 | — | #7,088 | — |
| 1959 | 8 | — | #4,936 | — |
| 1958 | 9 | — | #4,432 | — |
| 1957 | 12 | — | #3,634 | — |
| 1956 | 5 | — | #6,674 | — |
| 1955 | 6 | — | #5,693 | — |
| 1954 | 5 | — | #6,428 | — |
| 1951 | 5 | — | #6,041 | — |
| 1948 | 7 | — | #4,536 | — |
| 1947 | 9 | — | #3,945 | — |
| 1946 | 7 | — | #4,319 | — |