Raven
#404 for girls in 2025, 771 births · #2,941 for boys in 2025, 42 births
Given to girls 93.1% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1993 · 2,285 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 44,920since 1941
Raven over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #404 | 771 | #2,941 | 42 |
| 2024 | #386 | 816 | #2,789 | 46 |
| 2023 | #360 | 848 | #2,895 | 43 |
| 2022 | #408 | 772 | #2,438 | 57 |
| 2021 | #407 | 779 | #2,775 | 45 |
| 2020 | #417 | 749 | #2,925 | 40 |
| 2019 | #425 | 746 | #3,426 | 33 |
| 2018 | #413 | 751 | #2,893 | 41 |
| 2017 | #443 | 713 | #3,006 | 39 |
| 2016 | #488 | 637 | #2,935 | 40 |
| 2015 | #486 | 658 | #3,085 | 37 |
| 2014 | #505 | 619 | #3,038 | 37 |
| 2013 | #513 | 580 | #2,955 | 38 |
| 2012 | #543 | 553 | #2,716 | 44 |
| 2011 | #591 | 489 | #2,950 | 39 |
| 2010 | #600 | 488 | #2,958 | 39 |
| 2009 | #632 | 476 | #2,585 | 48 |
| 2008 | #611 | 500 | #2,788 | 43 |
| 2007 | #507 | 631 | #3,188 | 35 |
| 2006 | #434 | 736 | #1,943 | 69 |
| 2005 | #348 | 905 | #1,790 | 73 |
| 2004 | #264 | 1,220 | #1,384 | 103 |
| 2003 | #231 | 1,428 | #1,119 | 137 |
| 2002 | #237 | 1,338 | #988 | 159 |
| 2001 | #234 | 1,355 | #882 | 178 |
| 2000 | #215 | 1,447 | #899 | 173 |
| 1999 | #202 | 1,527 | #809 | 188 |
| 1998 | #185 | 1,653 | #858 | 169 |
| 1997 | #169 | 1,781 | #948 | 142 |
| 1996 | #184 | 1,622 | #1,067 | 114 |
| 1995 | #170 | 1,757 | #1,159 | 98 |
| 1994 | #156 | 2,075 | #1,104 | 104 |
| 1993 | #139 | 2,285 | #1,060 | 109 |
| 1992 | #151 | 2,017 | #1,177 | 89 |
| 1991 | #150 | 2,026 | #1,589 | 53 |
| 1990 | #166 | 1,760 | #1,420 | 62 |
| 1989 | #494 | 476 | #2,416 | 27 |
| 1988 | #612 | 327 | #2,860 | 19 |
| 1987 | #570 | 348 | #2,400 | 23 |
| 1986 | #593 | 325 | #2,684 | 19 |
| 1985 | #505 | 403 | #2,504 | 20 |
| 1984 | #491 | 407 | #3,107 | 14 |
| 1983 | #470 | 425 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | #454 | 469 | #2,972 | 15 |
| 1981 | #517 | 380 | #2,270 | 22 |
| 1980 | #499 | 408 | #2,284 | 22 |
| 1979 | #542 | 346 | #2,669 | 17 |
| 1978 | #532 | 342 | #1,965 | 25 |
| 1977 | #578 | 299 | #2,270 | 20 |
| 1976 | #1,154 | 100 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #3,774 | 17 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | #2,716 | 13 |
| 1972 | #2,747 | 25 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #2,736 | 26 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | #2,399 | 15 |
| 1969 | #2,768 | 23 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #2,586 | 22 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #3,402 | 14 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | #2,148 | 15 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #3,379 | 13 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 | — | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #3,373 | 6 |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | — | |
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| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | — | #3,525 | 5 | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #2,393 | 9 |
| 1944 | — | #2,633 | 8 | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | — | |
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| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Raven! It came in at #3,954, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1942–1944, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Raven is popular in 1984
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Alabama#191 · 1 in 1,026
- Louisiana#202 · 1 in 1,060
- Mississippi#225 · 1 in 1,157
- Arkansas#247 · 1 in 1,419
- Virginia#268 · 1 in 1,743
Best ever in a state: #28 in Mississippi, 1993.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #191 | 21 | 1 in 1,026 |
| Louisiana | #202 | 29 | 1 in 1,060 |
| Mississippi | #225 | 13 | 1 in 1,157 |
| Arkansas | #247 | 9 | 1 in 1,419 |
| Virginia | #268 | 18 | 1 in 1,743 |
| Tennessee | #276 | 15 | 1 in 1,829 |
| Georgia | #318 | 18 | 1 in 1,983 |
| Illinois | #320 | 33 | 1 in 2,201 |
| Oklahoma | #330 | 10 | 1 in 2,067 |
| North Carolina | #375 | 12 | 1 in 2,841 |
| New Mexico | #398 | 5 | 1 in 1,963 |
| Kansas | #422 | 5 | 1 in 3,056 |
| Maryland | #425 | 7 | 1 in 3,269 |
| Oregon | #426 | 5 | 1 in 3,131 |
| Wisconsin | #430 | 8 | 1 in 3,830 |
| Ohio | #448 | 17 | 1 in 4,069 |
| Missouri | #464 | 8 | 1 in 3,920 |
| Texas | #518 | 35 | 1 in 3,726 |
| New York | #527 | 26 | 1 in 4,014 |
| Michigan | #544 | 11 | 1 in 5,124 |
| New Jersey | #566 | 8 | 1 in 4,891 |
| Florida | #574 | 13 | 1 in 4,744 |
| Indiana | #629 | 5 | 1 in 6,660 |
| Pennsylvania | #678 | 9 | 1 in 7,561 |
| California | #795 | 28 | 1 in 6,879 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Raven
- 18 spots since 2024 (#386 → #404)
- 13 spots since 2020 (#417 → #404)
- 82 spots since 2015 (#486 → #404)
- Biggest jump: 576 spots in 1977 (#1,154 → #578)
- Biggest drop: 104 spots in 2008 (#507 → #611)
- Debuted 1941
- Peaked 1993 at #139 (2,285 births)
- Births halved by 2005, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 49 yrs · run 1977–2025
- Highest: 1 in 792 girls born in 1993 were named Raven (0.13%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,085 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
- 41.2% of all girls named Raven (18,503) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1973, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 51 | #2,898 (1947) | #4,003 |
| 1950s | 67 | #3,269 (1953) | #4,855 |
| 1960s | 138 | #2,586 (1966) | #3,847 |
| 1970s | 1,188 | #532 (1978) | #2,711 |
| 1980s | 3,968 | #454 (1982) | #521 |
| 1990s | 18,503 | #139 (1993) | #167 |
| 2000s | 10,036 | #215 (2000) | #371 |
| 2010s | 6,234 | #413 (2018) | #501 |
| 2020s | 4,735 | #360 (2023) | #397 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Raven in 1984
Top girls' names in 1984
Top boys' names in 1984
More about 1984
girls
1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 4,137 of them was named Raven, which outranked 96.0% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 128,918 of them was named Raven, which outranked 57.7% of the 7,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,956Zacharias15
- #2,956Zebulun15
- #2,956Zvi15
- #3,107Raven14
- #3,107Aditya14
- #3,107Agapito14
- #3,107Ahron14
- #3,270Aden13
- #3,270Adrion13
- #3,270Akim13
Tied with 162 names at #3,107; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.