Ravenna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ruh-VEN-uh
- Origin
- Italian
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,066 for girls
Ravenna is a girls' name of Italian origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
What does Ravenna mean?
Italian: from the Italian city of Ravenna
Ravenna, in north-east Italy, was the last capital of the Western Roman Empire and is famed for its mosaics.
Is Ravenna a girl's or a boy's name?
Ravenna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 35 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ravenna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 267% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Ravenna, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2015, with 6 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Ravenna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
How popular is Ravenna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,066among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Ravenna, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,450th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 44 girls. It first appears in the records in 1932.
Half of all the girls named Ravenna in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ravenna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 36 | #4,038 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,245 |
| 2022 | 35 | #4,106 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 44 | #3,450 |
| 2019 | 41 | #3,664 |
| 2018 | 30 | #4,560 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,918 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,154 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,539 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,566 |
Names like Ravenna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiara Maeva Sienna Orla Nova Eira Fiadh Keira Eden Aria Reeva Riona
Names related to Ravenna
More Italian names
Enzo Bella Gemma Ariyah Milani Ariya Armani Bianca Siena Ariah Capri Kara Emiliana Jemma Alfredo Nella
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ravenna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ravenna, updated 20 October 2026.