Rayven
- #2,859 for girls in 2025, 59 births
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
- Given to girls 94.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1998 · 125 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,018since 1979
Rayven over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #2,859 | 59 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,930 | 56 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | #3,386 | 47 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | #3,123 | 52 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #2,818 | 60 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #2,659 | 63 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #2,729 | 62 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,782 | 61 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,302 | 80 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #2,643 | 66 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,169 | 87 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,213 | 85 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,096 | 91 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,160 | 87 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,483 | 73 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,614 | 69 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #2,592 | 71 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,462 | 77 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,541 | 73 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,865 | 109 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,731 | 114 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,533 | 130 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #1,552 | 124 | #5,035 | 15 |
| 2002 | #1,632 | 113 | #4,502 | 17 |
| 2001 | #1,560 | 119 | #6,445 | 10 |
| 2000 | #1,689 | 104 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | #1,596 | 105 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #1,373 | 125 | #4,650 | 14 |
| 1997 | #1,475 | 111 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #1,669 | 91 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #1,920 | 72 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #1,649 | 91 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #1,882 | 75 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #2,156 | 62 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #2,620 | 46 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,436 | 31 | — | |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | — | |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 | — | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | — | |
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| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | — | |
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| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | — | |
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First appearance
1979
The first year at least five girls were named Rayven! It came in at #7,313, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1980, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Rayven is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Michigan#1,061 · 1 in 5,955
- North Carolina#1,437 · 1 in 9,297
- New York#2,075 · 1 in 15,666
Best ever in a state: #199 in District of Columbia, 2005.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | #1,061 | 6 | 1 in 5,955 |
| North Carolina | #1,437 | 5 | 1 in 9,297 |
| New York | #2,075 | 5 | 1 in 15,666 |
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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 Rayven
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 71 spots since 2024 (#2,930 → #2,859)
- 200 spots since 2020 (#2,659 → #2,859)
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1979
- Peaked 1998 at #1,373 (125 births)
- Births halved by 2018, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,125
- Highest: 1 in 14,125 girls born in 2004 were named Rayven (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 27,242 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,373 in 1998, was only 1 in 14,136 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 34.3% of all girls named Rayven (1,034) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8 | #7,313 (1979) | #7,313 |
| 1980s | 69 | #5,459 (1986) | #7,603 |
| 1990s | 809 | #1,373 (1998) | #1,978 |
| 2000s | 1,034 | #1,533 (2004) | #1,916 |
| 2010s | 761 | #2,096 (2013) | #2,419 |
| 2020s | 337 | #2,659 (2020) | #2,963 |
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.
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