Rayven

#2,859 for girls in 2025, 59 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
Given to girls 94.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1998 · 125 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,018
since 1979

Rayven over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #1,373, 1998peak #4,502, 2002girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,85959
2024#2,93056#10,9386
2023#3,38647#9,7637
2022#3,12352#12,3305
2021#2,81860#10,7996
2020#2,65963#10,6056
2019#2,72962
2018#2,78261
2017#2,30280#9,6967
2016#2,64366
2015#2,16987
2014#2,21385
2013#2,09691
2012#2,16087
2011#2,48373
2010#2,61469#9,6937
2009#2,59271
2008#2,46277
2007#2,54173
2006#1,865109
2005#1,731114
2004#1,533130#7,5369
2003#1,552124#5,03515
2002#1,632113#4,50217
2001#1,560119#6,44510
2000#1,689104#5,58812
1999#1,596105#7,8747
1998#1,373125#4,65014
1997#1,475111#6,6188
1996#1,66991#9,0155
1995#1,92072#8,8685
1994#1,64991#7,7706
1993#1,88275#5,7719
1992#2,15662#5,6609
1991#2,62046
1990#3,43631
1989#8,0379
1988#8,3918
1987#7,9878
1986#5,45913
1985#9,3076
1984#6,8109
1983#6,7059
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First appearance
1979

The first year at least five girls were named Rayven! It came in at #7,313, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1980, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Rayven
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 71 spots since 2024 (#2,930#2,859)
  • 200 spots since 2020 (#2,659#2,859)
  • 690 spots since 2015 (#2,169#2,859)
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1979
  • Peaked 1998 at #1,373 (125 births)
  • Births halved by 2018, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,125
  • Highest: 1 in 14,125 girls born in 2004 were named Rayven (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 27,242 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,373 in 1998, was only 1 in 14,136 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 34.3% of all girls named Rayven (1,034) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
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  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s8#7,313 (1979)#7,313
1980s69#5,459 (1986)#7,603
1990s809#1,373 (1998)#1,978
2000s1,034#1,533 (2004)#1,916
2010s761#2,096 (2013)#2,419
2020s337#2,659 (2020)#2,963

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Rayven in 1997

girls
#1,475
111 births · 1 in 15,682 girls
boys
#6,618
8 births · 1 in 235,643 boys

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #1,475Rayven111

Top boys' names in 1997

  1. #1Michael37,562
  2. #2Jacob34,163
  3. #3Matthew31,517
  4. #4Christopher29,108
  5. #5Joshua28,289
  6. #6Nicholas27,258
  7. #7Andrew25,208
  8. #8Brandon25,197
  9. #9Austin25,118
  10. #10Tyler24,879
  11. #6,618Rayven8
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 15,682 of them was named Rayven, which outranked 90.9% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rayven
  1. #1,466Louisa112
  2. #1,466Shaelyn112
  3. #1,466Trina112
  4. #1,475Rayven111
  5. #1,475Ayesha111
  6. #1,475Bernice111
  7. #1,475Chanelle111
  8. #1,490Deidra110
  9. #1,490Janeth110
  10. #1,490Jaylin110

Tied with 14 names at #1,475; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. 9,582Yulisa#10,567#985
  2. 3,882Yulissa#4,306#424
  3. 2,634Tea#3,429#795
  4. 2,046Taya#2,901#855
  5. 1,202Julisa#1,930#728
Fallers
  1. 931Yamilex#707#1,638
  2. 477Suzette#998#1,475
  3. 457Chynna#834#1,291
  4. 396Moesha#547#943
  5. 377Daijah#975#1,352

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 235,643 of them was named Rayven, which outranked 38.8% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rayven
  1. #6,100Zequan9
  2. #6,100Zeshan9
  3. #6,100Zyan9
  4. #6,618Rayven8
  5. #6,618Abanoub8
  6. #6,618Abdalla8
  7. #6,618Abed8
  8. #7,281Aadil7
  9. #7,281Aaronjames7
  10. #7,281Abdalrahman7

Tied with 662 names at #6,618; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. 1,420Jaret#2,145#725
  2. 712Kobe#1,265#553
  3. 580Ronaldo#1,465#885
  4. 420Jarett#1,334#914
  5. 416Gianni#1,093#677
Fallers
  1. 562Shaquille#662#1,224
  2. 373Dalvin#977#1,350
  3. 355Montel#990#1,345
  4. 328Codie#884#1,212
  5. 328Jair#884#1,212

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1997