Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

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
19401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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