How popular is the name Raven?

Raven ranks 581st among girls' names in US records, with 47,656 births since 1941. Over the past decade it accounts for 7,458.

Is Raven a unisex name?

No. Raven is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1993, when 2,303 children were given the name. It has been in use for 84 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#581 of girl names

Pronounced R EY1 V AH0 N (ARPABET)

Raven is a girls' name, and first appears in 1941. It has been given to 47,656 children — the 581st most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1993, when 2,303 children were given it.

1993Girls: 2,303Boys: 109

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Raven?: Raven ranks 581st among girls' names in US records, with 47,656 births since 1941. Over the past decade it accounts for 7,458.
Is Raven a unisex name?: No. Raven is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Raven most popular?: 1993, when 2,303 children were given the name. It has been in use for 84 years and is still recorded as of 2024.