Raven*
#605 most common girls' name of all time · #1,125 across all names · 7% male / 93% female · used 1921–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#605
Rank overall
#1,125 of 105,966
First appeared
1921
Years on the list
86 of 146
All-time
48,253
Since 2016
8,008
Peak year
1993 #139
Best rank
#139 1993
Girls
Boys
peak 2,394/yr
Raven first appears in 1921. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 771 | 42 | 813 | #404 |
| 2024 | 816 | 46 | 862 | #386 |
| 2023 | 848 | 43 | 891 | #360 |
| 2022 | 772 | 57 | 829 | #409 |
| 2021 | 779 | 45 | 824 | #408 |
| 2020 | 749 | 40 | 789 | #417 |
| 2019 | 746 | 33 | 779 | #425 |
| 2018 | 751 | 41 | 792 | #413 |
| 2017 | 713 | 39 | 752 | #443 |
| 2016 | 637 | 40 | 677 | #488 |
| 2015 | 658 | 37 | 695 | #487 |
| 2014 | 619 | 37 | 656 | #506 |
| 2013 | 580 | 38 | 618 | #513 |
| 2012 | 553 | 44 | 597 | #543 |
| 2011 | 489 | 39 | 528 | #591 |
| 2010 | 488 | 39 | 527 | #600 |
| 2009 | 476 | 48 | 524 | #632 |
| 2008 | 500 | 43 | 543 | #611 |
| 2007 | 631 | 35 | 666 | #507 |
| 2006 | 736 | 69 | 805 | #434 |
| 2005 | 905 | 73 | 978 | #348 |
| 2004 | 1,220 | 103 | 1,323 | #264 |
| 2003 | 1,428 | 137 | 1,565 | #231 |
| 2002 | 1,338 | 159 | 1,497 | #237 |
| 2001 | 1,355 | 178 | 1,533 | #234 |
| 2000 | 1,447 | 173 | 1,620 | #215 |
| 1999 | 1,527 | 188 | 1,715 | #203 |
| 1998 | 1,653 | 169 | 1,822 | #185 |
| 1997 | 1,781 | 142 | 1,923 | #170 |
| 1996 | 1,622 | 114 | 1,736 | #184 |
| 1995 | 1,757 | 98 | 1,855 | #171 |
| 1994 | 2,075 | 104 | 2,179 | #156 |
| 1993 | 2,285 | 109 | 2,394 | #139 |
| 1992 | 2,017 | 89 | 2,106 | #151 |
| 1991 | 2,026 | 53 | 2,079 | #150 |
| 1990 | 1,760 | 62 | 1,822 | #166 |
| 1989 | 476 | 27 | 503 | #494 |
| 1988 | 327 | 19 | 346 | #612 |
| 1987 | 348 | 23 | 371 | #570 |
| 1986 | 325 | 19 | 344 | #594 |
| 1985 | 403 | 20 | 423 | #505 |
| 1984 | 407 | 14 | 421 | #491 |
| 1983 | 425 | 13 | 438 | #470 |
| 1982 | 469 | 15 | 484 | #454 |
| 1981 | 380 | 22 | 402 | #519 |
| 1980 | 408 | 22 | 430 | #499 |
| 1979 | 346 | 17 | 363 | #542 |
| 1978 | 342 | 25 | 367 | #533 |
| 1977 | 299 | 20 | 319 | #579 |
| 1976 | 100 | 10 | 110 | #1,155 |
| 1975 | 17 | 9 | 26 | #3,814 |
| 1974 | 15 | 12 | 27 | #4,108 |
| 1973 | 10 | 13 | 23 | #5,293 |
| 1972 | 25 | 6 | 31 | #2,774 |
| 1971 | 26 | 7 | 33 | #2,761 |
| 1970 | 8 | 15 | 23 | #5,976 |
| 1969 | 23 | 8 | 31 | #2,803 |
| 1968 | 14 | 5 | 19 | #3,682 |
| 1967 | 14 | 6 | 20 | #3,551 |
| 1966 | 22 | 8 | 30 | #2,621 |
| 1965 | 14 | 7 | 21 | #3,473 |
| 1964 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #7,102 |
| 1963 | 14 | 8 | 22 | #3,536 |
| 1962 | 13 | 10 | 23 | #3,679 |
| 1961 | 8 | 15 | 23 | #5,059 |
| 1960 | 11 | 10 | 21 | #4,044 |
| 1959 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #4,813 |
| 1958 | 13 | 6 | 19 | #3,464 |
| 1957 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #4,720 |
| 1956 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #5,607 |
| 1955 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #6,235 |
| 1954 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #6,123 |
| 1953 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,402 |
| 1952 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #5,935 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,809 |
| 1949 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #4,489 |
| 1948 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #3,766 |
| 1947 | 13 | 5 | 18 | #3,007 |
| 1946 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1945 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #4,330 |
| 1944 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1943 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #5,122 |
| 1942 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #5,089 |
| 1941 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,292 |
| 1938 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1921 | — | 5 | 5 | — |