Raven

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Primarily a girl's name · 93% girls

Origin: English

Meaning

Raven is a given name in the English language. While it may be given to boys and girls, it is more frequently a feminine name. In the United States of America the name has ranked among the top 1,000 names given to baby girls since 1977.

From Wikipedia

Raven first appears in the data in 1941 and has been recorded in 81 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1993 with 2,285 babies (rank #139 that year). In 2024 it was given to 813 girls (rank #388). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Raven

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Raven yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

47,425
Total babies (all years)
81
Years in the data
2,285
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19416#4,325
19425#5,217
19435#5,219
19456#4,434
194713#3,027
19489#3,811
19497#4,563
19515#6,043
19525#6,224
195312#3,427
19545#6,429
19555#6,509
19566#5,804
19578#4,819
195813#3,506
19598#4,937
196011#4,105
19618#5,189
196213#3,737
196314#3,592
19645#7,552
196514#3,505
196622#2,642
196714#3,609
196814#3,729
196923#2,821
19708#6,221
197126#2,785
197225#2,808
197311#5,116
197415#4,178
197517#3,901
1976100#1,158
1977299#579
1978342#533
1979346#542
1980408#499
1981380#520
1982469#455
1983425#470
1984407#491
1985403#505
1986325#594
1987348#571
1988327#612
1989476#495
19901,759#166
19912,026#150
19922,017#151
19932,285#139
19942,075#156
19951,757#170
19961,622#184
19971,781#170
19981,653#185
19991,527#203
20001,447#215
20011,355#234
20021,338#237
20031,428#231
20041,219#265
2005905#348
2006736#434
2007631#507
2008499#612
2009476#632
2010488#601
2011489#592
2012553#544
2013579#514
2014619#506
2015658#487
2016636#489
2017713#443
2018749#413
2019744#427
2020749#416
2021778#408
2022772#408
2023846#361
2024813#388