Rayven — #2985 US unisex name
2,956 babies named Rayven in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 83% of names given to girls today.
35% of everyone ever named Rayven was born in this single decade.
130 babies were named Rayven in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rayven
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,956 babies named Rayven between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rayven currently holds the #2985 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 130 babies received it in a single year. Rayven is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 170 additional births since 1992.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rayven performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,034 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Rayven shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 304 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Rayven in 24 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rayven 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 2,956 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.
Rayven at a glance
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Current rank
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Rayven popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1979
- Peak year (2004)
- 130
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
Currently ranks #2985 among girls.
2,956 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 130 births in a single year.
Rayven popularity over time — boys
170 total births recorded since 1992 (Rayven as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Rayven accounts for 5% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rayven by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,034 births that decade — 35% of Rayven's all-time total
Rayven decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,034 births
- Runner-up 809 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Rayven's strongest decade
1,034 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Rayven by state
Where Rayven concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 304 | 10.3% |
| #2 | California | | 208 | 7.0% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 126 | 4.3% |
| #4 | Florida | | 111 | 3.8% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 107 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 59 | 2.0% |
| #7 | New York | | 57 | 1.9% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 41 | 1.4% |
304 of 2,956 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 24 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 10.3% of nationwide
- California 7.0% of nationwide
- Michigan 4.3% of nationwide
- Florida 3.8% of nationwide
- Ohio 3.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 24 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 10.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Rayven appears in 24 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, 1979–2024 (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.