Meaning and history
This name comes from the bird name, ultimately from Old English hræfn. The raven is revered by several Native American groups on the west coast and is also associated with the Norse god Odin.
20062006: 736 births, rank #434
2007: 631 births, rank #507
2008: 500 births, rank #611
2009: 476 births, rank #632
2010: 488 births, rank #600
20112011: 489 births, rank #591
2012: 553 births, rank #543
2013: 580 births, rank #513
2014: 619 births, rank #505
2015: 658 births, rank #486
20162016: 637 births, rank #488
2017: 713 births, rank #443
2018: 751 births, rank #413
2019: 746 births, rank #425
2020: 749 births, rank #417
20212021: 779 births, rank #407
2022: 772 births, rank #408
2023: 848 births, rank #360
2024: 816 births, rank #386
20252025: 771 births, rank #404
Raven moved from #387 to #404 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1993, with 2,285 births.