as a First Name
From the word denoting the bird (Old English hræfn), which has strikingly black plumage. It is in occasional use as a given name for both boys (incidentally paralleling the Old Norse byname Hrafn) and girls (falling into a set with other given names derived from birds, such as Dove and Teal).
| 1,695th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 13,902
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 33,935
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Louisiana
- has the most people named Raven per capita
- 1993
- marked the height of its popularity
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6%
30-54
30-54
37%
13-29
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57%
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Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
