Raven

Where Raven comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Raven.

  • English
Raven through the years
  1. 1941
    First appearance
    #3,954 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1974
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 1992
    Raven Goodwin born
    American actress
  4. 1993
    Peak, #139
    2,285 babies named Raven, the most in any year.
  5. 1996
    Raven Saunders born
    American shot putter
  6. 2005
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #348.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English, usually for a girl with raven hair, used since the 1970s.
  • A male given name.
  • A place name:
  • A community in Red Deer County, Alberta, Canada, possibly named after the Raven River.
  • A number of places in the United States:
  • An unincorporated community in Knott County, Kentucky.
Namesakes
  • Raven Saunders · American shot putter, born 1996
  • Raven Goodwin · American actress, born 1992
  • Raven Klaasen · South African tennis player, born 1982
  • Raven Alexis · American pornographic actress, 1987–2022
  • Raven De La Croix · American actress, born 1947

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.