Girls' name · since 1923
Rava
16 babies named Rava in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #49,120 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,107 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16
- born since 1923
- 1920s
- peak decade
Yes -- Rava is the #15107 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 16 recorded since 1923.
Social Security Administration records show Rava recorded 16 times among girls since 1923, holding rank #15107 nationally today, ahead of 13% of girls, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1923 to 2025.
- #49,120 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,107 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 16 born since 1923
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rava ranks #49,120 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,107 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 16 born since 1923, peaking in the 1920s.
- #49,120 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,107 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16
- born since 1923
- 1920s
- peak decade
Rava's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rava compares
16 6th percentile among 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
Rava's all-time total is 96% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rava | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 16 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rava's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rava's SSA record in two at 1975 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1975, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1923 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rava popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–2025
- Peak year (1923)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 103 years of records
Rava by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (6 births, 38% of the file).
1920s was Rava's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Rava births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 6 births (38% of all-time use).
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What to do with Rava's data
- Rava's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (6 total births) through the 2020s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rava: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1923)
Similar record span (~102 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, 1923–2025 (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 Rava 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.