Girls' name · peaked in 1993
Raven name popularity since 1925
48,248 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Raven (93.1% girls, 6.9% boys). Half of them were born in 1999 or earlier, so the typical Raven is about 27 years old in 2026. Raven peaked in 1993 as the #139 name for girls, and it ranked #404 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 48,248
- Named Raven, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #404
- for girls in 2025 (771 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 93.1% girls
- 44,920 girls · 3,328 boys
- Most popular in
- Louisiana
- 2.39× its national share
Peak year is the year Raven made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Raven births per year, 1925–2025
1993 was the biggest year for Raven both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1988 and 1993, Raven became 6.9× more common, from 1 in 5,450 baby girls to 1 in 792.
- Steepest fall: Between 2003 and 2008, its share of baby girls fell by 66%, from 1 in 1,280 to 1 in 3,780.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Raven's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Raven.
Decade by decade
Babies named Raven in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 5 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 51 | 54 | #4,434 |
| 1950s | 67 | 50 | #6,509 |
| 1960s | 138 | 85 | #3,506 |
| 1970s | 1,188 | 134 | #3,900 |
| 1980s | 3,968 | 194 | #505 |
| 1990s | 18,503 | 1,128 | #171 |
| 2000s | 10,036 | 1,018 | #348 |
| 2010s | 6,234 | 387 | #487 |
| 2020–25 | 4,735 | 273 | #404 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
37.7% of babies named Raven from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Raven is most popular
The index compares Raven's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Raven.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 2.39× | 1,911 |
| Mississippi | 2.31× | 1,246 |
| Alabama | 2.09× | 1,653 |
| Georgia | 1.79× | 2,208 |
| South Carolina | 1.79× | 1,121 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Raven and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Raven (this page) | 44,920 | 1993 |
| Ravyn | 2,649 | 2002 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Raven's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Raven.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Raven (1993).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data