Ravi — #1214 US boys' name
3,444 babies named Ravi in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 91% of names given to boys today.
20% of everyone ever named Ravi was born in this single decade.
166 babies were named Ravi in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ravi
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,444 babies named Ravi between 1963 and 2024, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ravi currently holds the #1214 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 166 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ravi performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 673 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Ravi shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 425 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Ravi in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ravi in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,444 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ravi at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Ravi popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1963
- Peak year (2024)
- 166
- Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
Currently ranks #1214 among boys.
3,444 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 166 births in a single year.
Ravi popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1968 (Ravi as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Ravi accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ravi by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 673 births that decade — 20% of Ravi's all-time total
Ravi decade highlights
- Peak decade 673 births
- Runner-up 646 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Ravi's strongest decade
673 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Ravi by state
Where Ravi concentrates geographically — total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 425 | 12.3% |
| #2 | New York | | 417 | 12.1% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 264 | 7.7% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 158 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Florida | | 122 | 3.5% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 107 | 3.1% |
| #7 | Texas | | 68 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 65 | 1.9% |
425 of 3,444 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 12.3% of nationwide
- New York 12.1% of nationwide
- New Jersey 7.7% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.6% of nationwide
- Florida 3.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 16 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 12.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Ravi appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1963–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.