Rayven
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RAY-ven
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #2,859 for girls
Rayven is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “raven (the bird)”. In 2025 it ranked 2,859th for girls in the US (59 babies).
What does Rayven mean?
English: spelling of Raven, from Old English hraefn
“raven (the bird)”
A spelling of Raven; legend says Britain will fall if the Tower of London's ravens leave.
Is Rayven a girl's or a boy's name?
Rayven is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 59 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rayven in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,859among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 59about 1 in 27,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 59 girls in the US were named Rayven, making it the 2,859th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,659th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 130 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Rayven in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 983 girls in the US were given Rayven or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #341, up from #2,859 for this spelling alone.
Rayven in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | #2,859 |
| 2024 | 56 | #2,930 |
| 2023 | 47 | #3,386 |
| 2022 | 52 | #3,123 |
| 2021 | 60 | #2,818 |
| 2020 | 63 | #2,659 |
| 2019 | 62 | #2,729 |
| 2018 | 61 | #2,781 |
| 2017 | 80 | #2,302 |
| 2016 | 66 | #2,643 |
| 2015 | 87 | #2,169 |
| 2014 | 85 | #2,213 |
| 2013 | 91 | #2,096 |
| 2012 | 87 | #2,160 |
| 2011 | 73 | #2,482 |
| 2010 | 69 | #2,614 |
| 2009 | 71 | #2,591 |
| 2008 | 77 | #2,462 |
| 2007 | 73 | #2,541 |
| 2006 | 109 | #1,865 |
| 2005 | 114 | #1,730 |
| 2004 | 130 | #1,532 |
| 2003 | 124 | #1,551 |
| 2002 | 113 | #1,631 |
| 2001 | 119 | #1,559 |
| 2000 | 104 | #1,686 |
| 1999 | 105 | #1,594 |
| 1998 | 125 | #1,371 |
| 1997 | 111 | #1,473 |
| 1996 | 91 | #1,667 |
| 1995 | 72 | #1,915 |
| 1994 | 91 | #1,644 |
| 1993 | 75 | #1,878 |
| 1992 | 62 | #2,151 |
| 1991 | 46 | #2,614 |
| 1990 | 31 | #3,431 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
Names like Rayven
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Rayven
Names related to Rayven
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Rayven: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rayven, updated 20 October 2026.