Girls' name · since 1997
Rayvan
Rayvan has 18 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #47,232 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Rayvan is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 18 have been recorded since 1997.
Rayvan has 18 recorded births among girls since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2003.
- #47,232 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 18 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rayvan ranks #47,232 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #47,232 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Rayvan's 18 recorded births place it above 34.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rayvan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rayvan's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 72% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 28%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2003 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rayvan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2003
- Peak year (2003)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Rayvan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (13 births, 72% of the file).
2000s was Rayvan's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Rayvan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 13 births (72% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rayvan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~6 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, 1997–2003 (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 Rayvan 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.