Unisex name · since 1941
Raven
44,920 babies named Raven in U.S. Social Security records since 1941, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #640 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #404 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 44,920
- born since 1941
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Raven is the #404 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 44,920 recorded since 1941.
Raven has 44,920 recorded births among girls since 1941, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #404 as of the latest data, more common than 98% 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 1941 to 2025.
- #640 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #404 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 44,920 born since 1941
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raven ranks #640 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #404 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 44,920 born since 1941, peaking in the 1990s.
- #640 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #404 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 44,920
- born since 1941
- 1990s
- peak decade
Raven's 44,920 recorded births place it above 99.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
48 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Raven compares
44,920 Top 4% higher than 96% 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
Raven's all-time total is 119x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Raven | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 44,920 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 2,285 | 21 | 19,840 |
Raven's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Raven's full recorded timeline at 1985, 92% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 8% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1942, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 2,285 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Raven popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1941–2025
- Peak year (1993)
- 2,285
- Annual births at peak, across 85 years of records
Raven popularity over time - boys
3,333 total births recorded since 1921 (Raven as boys' name)
Raven by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (18,503 births, 41% of the file).
1990s was Raven's strongest decade.
18,503 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Raven births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 51
1940s
51 births
- 1950s 67
1950s
67 births
- 1960s 138
1960s
138 births
- 1970s 1,188
1970s
1,188 births
- 1980s 3,968
1980s
3,968 births
- 1990s
1990s
18,503 births
- 2000s
2000s
10,036 births
- 2010s 6,234
2010s
6,234 births
- 2020s 4,735
2020s
4,735 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 18,503 births (41% of all-time use).
How Raven compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Raven's total volume
Raven by state
Where Raven concentrates geographically, total births since 1941
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 4,021 | 9.0% |
| #2 | California | | 2,880 | 6.4% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 2,198 | 4.9% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 2,183 | 4.9% |
| #5 | Florida | | 2,161 | 4.8% |
| #6 | New York | | 2,111 | 4.7% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 1,900 | 4.2% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 1,764 | 3.9% |
4,021 of 44,920 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 48 reporting states.
Raven appears in 48 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Raven's data
- Raven's decade-level peak was the 1990s (18,503 total births); usage has since declined to 4,735 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Ravens (4,021 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Raven: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~84 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, 1941–2025 (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 Raven 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.