Ravi

Last seen for girls in 1968 at #7,016 · #1,244 for boys in 2025, 160 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1986 · 80 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,605
since 1963

Ravi over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ravi has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #1,041, 1986boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,244160
2024—#1,211167
2023—#1,432127
2022—#1,516119
2021—#1,72194
2020—#1,97772
2019—#2,36457
2018—#2,57949
2017—#2,75544
2016—#2,51850
2015—#2,60047
2014—#2,23060
2013—#2,36453
2012—#2,67845
2011—#2,40352
2010—#2,95839
2009—#2,48651
2008—#2,34555
2007—#2,81142
2006—#1,96768
2005—#2,06160
2004—#2,07557
2003—#2,18050
2002—#2,06852
2001—#2,15148
2000—#1,83058
1999—#1,60467
1998—#1,57467
1997—#1,55066
1996—#1,41374
1995—#1,86446
1994—#1,63356
1993—#1,52460
1992—#1,45263
1991—#1,48259
1990—#1,15688
1989—#1,17382
1988—#1,16475
1987—#1,05482
1986—#1,04180
1985—#1,04378
1984—#1,07669
1983—#1,49041
1982—#1,17961
1981—#1,43344
1980—#1,16661
1979—#1,29151
1978—#1,29948
1977—#1,51537
1976—#1,19052
1975—#1,23847
1974—#1,47135
1973—#1,37637
1972—#1,60329
1971—#1,63729
1970—#1,49432
1969—#1,60526
1968#7,0165#1,36632
1967—#1,65222
1966—#2,7849
1965—#3,5376
1964—#2,54611
1963—#3,3187
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First appearance
1963

The first year at least five boys were named Ravi! It came in at #3,318, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1965–1966, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.

Where Ravi is popular in 1980

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedMINew York: #773 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 12,504 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #658 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 15,323 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,039 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 21,363 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Ravi, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Pennsylvania#658 · 1 in 15,323
  2. New York#773 · 1 in 12,504
  3. California#1,039 · 1 in 21,363

Best ever in a state: #166 in Massachusetts, 2025.

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Pennsylvania#65851 in 15,323
New York#77391 in 12,504
California#1,03991 in 21,363
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Ravi
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 33 spots since 2024 (#1,211 → #1,244)
  • 733 spots since 2020 (#1,977 → #1,244)
  • 1,356 spots since 2015 (#2,600 → #1,244)
Rise & fade · boys
23 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1963
  • Peaked 1986 at #1,041 (80 births)
  • Births halved by 2010, 24 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 10,317
  • Highest: 1 in 10,317 boys born in 2024 were named Ravi (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 10,675 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #1,041 in 1986, was only 1 in 23,019 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 20.5% of all boys named Ravi (739) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s113#1,366 (1968)#2,401
1970s397#1,190 (1976)#1,411
1980s673#1,041 (1986)#1,182
1990s646#1,156 (1990)#1,525
2000s541#1,830 (2000)#2,197
2010s496#2,230 (2014)#2,545
2020s739#1,211 (2024)#1,517

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ravi in 1980

boys
#1,166
61 births · 1 in 29,245 boys

Top boys' names in 1980

  1. #1Michael68,683
  2. #2Christopher49,079
  3. #3Jason48,164
  4. #4David41,891
  5. #5James39,312
  6. #6Matthew37,834
  7. #7Joshua36,052
  8. #8John35,274
  9. #9Robert34,266
  10. #10Joseph30,185
  11. #1,166Ravi61
More about 1980

boys

1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 29,245 of them was named Ravi, which outranked 84.0% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ravi
  1. #1,154Saleem62
  2. #1,154Tramaine62
  3. #1,154Vidal62
  4. #1,166Ravi61
  5. #1,166Anwar61
  6. #1,166Gil61
  7. #1,166Jovon61
  8. #1,176Alfonzo60
  9. #1,176Amy60
  10. #1,176Armond60

Tied with 9 names at #1,166; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 381Gideon#1,370 → #989
  2. ↑ 296Bo#864 → #568
  3. ↑ 270Anson#1,137 → #867
  4. ↑ 266Dustan#1,255 → #989
  5. ↑ 255Dusty#614 → #359
Fallers
  1. ↓ 366Harris#991 → #1,357
  2. ↓ 362Tracey#842 → #1,204
  3. ↓ 331Jevon#780 → #1,111
  4. ↓ 321Kennith#937 → #1,258
  5. ↓ 267Levar#644 → #911

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1980 →