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UnisexOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: rising

RaniIn Hebrew: רני · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: רָנִי

Rani (Hebrew: רני) is a unisex name of Hebrew origin. 4,576 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 179 boys and ranked #110. Its peak year was 2024, with 380 babies.

People in Israel
4,576
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
179
rank #110
Peak year
2024
380 babies
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Rani

In Hebrew letters the name is רני, read right to left. Rani is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Rani by year in Israel

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Rani: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Rani

How do you write Rani in Hebrew?

Rani is written רני in Hebrew (with vowel points: רָנִי). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Rani?

4,576 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name רני: 2,176 women and 2,400 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Rani a boy's or a girl's name?

Both. In Israel 48% of the people named רני are women and 52% are men, so we count it as unisex (our threshold: at least 20% of the less common sex).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.