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How popular is the name Raven?

Births per year, rank history and how many Ravens are alive today.

Raven (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 444th in 2025 with 90 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2021, when 106 babies were given the name, the 419th most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.

The Raven you are most likely to meet is around 4 years old. Half of all Ravens born in England and Wales are between 4 and 16, and there are at least 1,400 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Raven - on average, only one in every 225 such rooms contains a Raven.

How many babies are named Raven each year?

050100200020201996: 151997: 161998: 131999: 142000: 192001: 172002: 132003: 272004: 162005: 252006: 212007: 172008: 182009: 152010: 222011: 92012: 222013: 262014: 382015: 602016: 632017: 772018: 762019: 912020: 792021: 1062022: 972023: 992024: 1022025: 90actual

Where does Raven rank among girls' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 1,2221997: ranked 1,1761998: ranked 1,3921999: ranked 1,3172000: ranked 1,0582001: ranked 1,1702002: ranked 1,4422003: ranked 9092004: ranked 1,3832005: ranked 1,0122006: ranked 1,2432007: ranked 1,5022008: ranked 1,5162009: ranked 1,7522010: ranked 1,3892011: ranked 2,6362012: ranked 1,4282013: ranked 1,2912014: ranked 9632015: ranked 6742016: ranked 6662017: ranked 5602018: ranked 5452019: ranked 4652020: ranked 5132021: ranked 4192022: ranked 4382023: ranked 4142024: ranked 4182025: ranked 444

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Common questions

When was the name Raven most popular?

Raven peaked in 2021, when 106 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Raven?

At least 1,400 people named Raven born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Raven?

Most living Ravens are between 4 and 16; the most common age is about 4.

Is Raven becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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