Mani is a distinctive choice, ranked #1952 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Mani in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1952
About the Name Mani
Mani is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 1008 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1303 in 2011 β and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1997.
Mani is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school β standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Mani
Unlikely. With around 12 UK babies named Mani per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Mani in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Mani is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 1008 places over the last five years to #1952 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Mani is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Mani include: Shashank Mani β Shashank Mani Tripathi is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament from the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 18th Lok Sabha.; Jose K. Mani β Jose Karingozhackal Mani is an Indian politician and MP (Rajya Sabha) and former MP (Lok Sabha) from Kerala.; Mani Shankar Aiyar β Mani Shankar Aiyar is an Indian politician and former diplomat..
Mani does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice β your child is unlikely to encounter American Manis in the wild.
12
UK babies named Mani (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 1008 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Mani
Likely around 1 other Mani in the class
UK Popularity (1997–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Mani
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Shashank Mani Tripathi is an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament from the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 18th Lok Sabha. He was elected from the constituency of Deoria in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
Mundakkakkal Madhavan Mani is an Indian politician and Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader. [1] He is elected as the MLA from Udumbanchola constituency.
Karingozhackal Mani Mani was an Indian politician from Kerala and the long-time chairman of Kerala Congress (M), one of the principal factions of the Kerala Congress, a regional party known for its influence in agrarian and Christian-dominated regions of the state. He was a dominant figure in Kerala politics for over five decades and held several key ministerial portfolios, including Finance, Home, Revenue, and Law.
Mani (; c. April AD 216 β 2 March AD 274 or 26 February AD 277) was an Iranian prophet and the founder of Manichaeism, a religion most prevalent in late antiquity.
Vettam Mani or Vettom Mani was an eminent Indian scholar and writer. His most famous work is the PurΔΕic Encyclopedia, which is a monumental and exhaustive study of the Indian Puranas, epics and the allied literature of Hinduism.