# Raven (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/raven/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Rayven, Reighven |
| US babies named this | 48,253 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,333 / 44,920 (93% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,502, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 489 | 592 |
| 2012 | 553 | 544 |
| 2013 | 580 | 514 |
| 2014 | 619 | 506 |
| 2015 | 658 | 487 |
| 2016 | 637 | 489 |
| 2017 | 713 | 443 |
| 2018 | 751 | 413 |
| 2019 | 746 | 425 |
| 2020 | 749 | 417 |
| 2021 | 779 | 408 |
| 2022 | 772 | 409 |
| 2023 | 848 | 361 |
| 2024 | 816 | 387 |
| 2025 | 771 | 404 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 39 | 2,985 |
| 2012 | 44 | 2,755 |
| 2013 | 38 | 2,986 |
| 2014 | 37 | 3,077 |
| 2015 | 37 | 3,135 |
| 2016 | 40 | 2,971 |
| 2017 | 39 | 3,055 |
| 2018 | 41 | 2,931 |
| 2019 | 33 | 3,480 |
| 2020 | 40 | 2,965 |
| 2021 | 45 | 2,807 |
| 2022 | 57 | 2,461 |
| 2023 | 43 | 2,931 |
| 2024 | 46 | 2,821 |
| 2025 | 42 | 2,973 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,636 |
| 2012 | 22 | 1,428 |
| 2013 | 26 | 1,291 |
| 2014 | 38 | 963 |
| 2015 | 60 | 674 |
| 2016 | 63 | 666 |
| 2017 | 77 | 560 |
| 2018 | 76 | 545 |
| 2019 | 91 | 465 |
| 2020 | 79 | 513 |
| 2021 | 106 | 419 |
| 2022 | 97 | 438 |
| 2023 | 99 | 414 |
| 2024 | 102 | 418 |
| 2025 | 90 | 444 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 13 | 1,812 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,125 |
| 2022 | 13 | 1,781 |
| 2023 | 19 | 1,363 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1,951 |
| 2025 | 18 | 1,466 |

## People named Raven

- Raven-Symoné, American actress, singer, and songwriter
- Raven Saunders, American shot putter
- Raven Goodwin, American actress
- Raven Alexis, American pornographic actress (1987–2022)
- Raven De La Croix, American actress
- Raven Rockette, American pornographic actress
- Richard Lee Steele, American actress
- Anthony Crosland, British politician (1918–1977)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.