Boys' name · since 1963
Ravi
Ravi has 3,605 recorded births since 1963 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,253 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,248 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,605
- born since 1963
- 2020s
- peak decade
3,605 babies have been named Ravi since 1963, making it today's #1248 boys' name.
Ravi has 3,605 recorded births among boys since 1963, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1248 as of the latest data, more common than 91% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 2025.
- #2,253 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,248 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 3,605 born since 1963
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ravi ranks #2,253 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,248 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 3,605 born since 1963, peaking in the 2020s.
- #2,253 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,248 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,605
- born since 1963
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ravi's 3,605 recorded births place it above 95.04% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
16 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Ravi compares
3,605 Top 16% higher than 84% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Ravi's all-time total is 10x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ravi | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,605 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 167 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ravi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ravi's full recorded timeline at 1994, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1965, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 167 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ravi popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 167
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Ravi popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1968 (Ravi as girls' name)
Ravi by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (739 births, 20% of the file).
2020s was Ravi's strongest decade.
739 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Ravi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 113
1960s
113 births
- 1970s
1970s
397 births
- 1980s
1980s
673 births
- 1990s
1990s
646 births
- 2000s
2000s
541 births
- 2010s
2010s
496 births
- 2020s
2020s
739 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 739 births (20% of all-time use).
How Ravi compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Ravi's total volume
Ravi by state
Where Ravi concentrates geographically, total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 438 | 12.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 429 | 11.9% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 275 | 7.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 158 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Massachusetts | | 147 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Florida | | 141 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 73 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Texas | | 73 | 2.0% |
438 of 3,605 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Ravi appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Ravi's data
- California records the most Ravis (438 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Ravi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~62 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, 1963–2025 (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 Ravi 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.