Girls' name · since 1957
Ravena
Since 1957, U.S. Social Security records show 15 babies named Ravena, peaking in 1957. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #50,115 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,207 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 15
- born since 1957
- 1950s
- peak decade
Ravena currently ranks #15207 among girls' names in America, with 15 babies recorded since 1957.
Ravena has 15 recorded births among girls since 1957, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15207 as of the latest data, more common than 12% of girls, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1957 to 2025.
- #50,115 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,207 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 15 born since 1957
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ravena ranks #50,115 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,207 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 15 born since 1957, peaking in the 1950s.
- #50,115 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,207 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 15
- born since 1957
- 1950s
- peak decade
Ravena's 15 recorded births place it above 30.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ravena compares
15 5th 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
Ravena's all-time total is 96% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ravena | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 15 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 5 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ravena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ravena splits its recorded history at 1979: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1957 (5 births).
Ravena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1957–2025
- Peak year (1957)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 69 years of records
Ravena by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (5 births, 33% of the file).
1950s was Ravena's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Ravena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 5 births (33% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ravena's data
- Ravena's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (5 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 Ravena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1957)
Similar record span (~68 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, 1957–2025 (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 Ravena 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.