# Ravi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ravi/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “the sun”, “the sun-god.” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,610 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,605 / 5 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 689, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit रवि (ravi, “the sun or the sun-god.”).

## What it means

Ravi is grouped under sun.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 5 | 7,891 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 52 | 2,431 |
| 2012 | 45 | 2,706 |
| 2013 | 53 | 2,390 |
| 2014 | 60 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 47 | 2,635 |
| 2016 | 50 | 2,543 |
| 2017 | 44 | 2,789 |
| 2018 | 49 | 2,607 |
| 2019 | 57 | 2,385 |
| 2020 | 72 | 1,991 |
| 2021 | 94 | 1,737 |
| 2022 | 119 | 1,520 |
| 2023 | 127 | 1,438 |
| 2024 | 167 | 1,219 |
| 2025 | 160 | 1,249 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 1,342 |
| 2012 | 18 | 1,367 |
| 2013 | 26 | 1,044 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,327 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,673 |
| 2016 | 18 | 1,431 |
| 2017 | 12 | 1,923 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,259 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 19 | 1,314 |
| 2021 | 28 | 1,023 |
| 2022 | 25 | 1,104 |
| 2023 | 35 | 890 |
| 2024 | 25 | 1,132 |
| 2025 | 38 | 845 |

## People named Ravi

- Ravi Zacharias, Canadian-American Christian apologist (1946–2020)
- Ravi Coltrane, American jazz saxophonist (born 1965)
- Ravi Patel, American actor
- Ravi Bopara, Cricket player of England. (born 1985)
- Ravi Cabot-Conyers, American actor

## 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.