Girls' name · since 1990
Raiven
Raiven has 433 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,894 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,335 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 433
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Raiven is the #12335 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 433 recorded since 1990.
Raiven has 433 recorded births among girls since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12335 as of the latest data, more common than 29% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #12,894 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,335 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 433 born since 1990
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raiven ranks #12,894 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,335 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 433 born since 1990, peaking in the 1990s.
- #12,894 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,335 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 433
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Raiven's 433 recorded births place it above 82.17% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Raiven compares
433 Top 48% higher than 52% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Raiven's all-time total is 15% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Raiven | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 433 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Raiven's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Raiven's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 36% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 64%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2013, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1997 peak of 25, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Raiven popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Raiven by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (157 births, 36% of the file).
1990s was Raiven's strongest decade.
157 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Raiven births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
157 births
- 2000s
2000s
151 births
- 2010s
2010s
95 births
- 2020s 30
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 157 births (36% of all-time use).
Raiven by state
Where Raiven concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.2% |
5 of 433 births nationwide.
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What to do with Raiven's data
- Raiven's decade-level peak was the 1990s (157 total births); usage has since declined to 30 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Raivens (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Raiven: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~35 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1990–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Raiven draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.