Raven

What Raven means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Raven yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #486 in 2015 to #404 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Raven?

US: Rising: up from #486 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #674 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1993, when 2,285 girls got the name (#139 that year). First in the US records in 1941.

How common

• About 1 in 2,085 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,814 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,556 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AK (3.02 per 1,000 girls), ME (1.93 per 1,000 girls), WV (1.77 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Raven is #404 in the US and #444 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 94.8% of US babies named Raven were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ravyn66 US
• Rayven59 US
• Raevyn41 US
• Riven13 US · 5 E&W
• Raeven10 US · 4 E&W
• Revan10 US
• Ravynn7 US
• Raiven7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Rayven
• Reighven

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Raven

Girls

• Holly#416“wood, clearing, meadow”^*
• Amber#520“ambergris”^*
• April#542“the month of the goddess Venus”^*
• Laurel#734Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1956, with 1,181 babies; 372 in 2025
• Bonnie#396“fine, beautiful”^*
• Angel#546Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2002, with 3,100 babies; 551 in 2025

For a brother

• Harold#991“army + ruler, authority”^*
• Alfred#840“elf + counsel”^*
• Edward#224“wealth, riches + ward, guard”^*
• Edgar#486“rich + spear”^*
• Alvin#838“elf + friend”^*
• Trey#883Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1999, with 1,798 babies; 269 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under English, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Raven’s. Rank is US 2025.