Raven Girl
How popular is Raven?
#404 girl name in 2025
771 baby girls were named Raven in the US in 2025, making it the 404th most popular girl name. Another 42 boys got the name (#2,940 for boys).
Raven popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #404 for girls (▼ 18 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 771 girls, 42 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+17% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #486 in 2015, #417 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1993 (2,285 girls) |
| Highest rank | #139 in 1993 |
| First recorded | 1941 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 5% boys, 95% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Raven counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Raven family of names ranked #348 for girls in 2025 (#337 the year before), with 922 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Raven | 771 | 84% |
| Ravyn | 66 | 7% |
| Rayven | 59 | 6% |
| Raivyn | 6 | 1% |
| Raiven | 7 | 1% |
| Ravin | 6 | 1% |
| Ravynn | 7 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Raven is most popular
Babies named Raven per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alaska: 2.0 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- West Virginia: 1.7 per 1,000 (44 girls)
- Maine: 1.6 per 1,000 (25 girls)
- Wyoming: 1.4 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Oregon: 1.3 per 1,000 (82 girls)
Raven by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 51 | #2,897 |
| 1950s | 67 | #3,268 |
| 1960s | 138 | #2,585 |
| 1970s | 1,188 | #532 |
| 1980s | 3,968 | #454 |
| 1990s | 18,503 | #139 |
| 2000s | 10,036 | #215 |
| 2010s | 6,234 | #413 |
| 2020s | 4,735 | #360 |
Girl names about as popular as Raven
Questions
- Is Raven a boy or girl name?
- Raven is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 95% of babies named Raven were girls.
- How popular is the name Raven?
- 771 baby girls were named Raven in the US in 2025, making it the 404th most popular girl name. Another 42 boys got the name (#2,940 for boys).
- When was Raven most popular?
- Raven peaked in 1993, when 2,285 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #139 in 1993.
- How many people are named Raven?
- 48,253 babies have been named Raven in the US since 1880. We estimate about 47,453 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 27.
- Where is Raven most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Raven was most common in Alaska, at 2.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.