Raiven

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Raiven by the numbers

Raiven was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 25 babies in 1997, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Raiven

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Raiven. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Ravendark-haired; from the bird name742 in the US (2017)
  • Rayvendark-haired; from the bird name raven; a respelling of Raven87 in the US (2017)
  • Rivensplit or torn apart16 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Raigen14 in the US (2017)
  • Raivyn7 in the US (2017)
  • Raeven4 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Raiven

Names that are said the same way as Raiven, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Ravynraven; a spelling variant of Raven74 in the US (2017)
  • Rayvon33 in the US (2017)
  • Ravynn10 in the US (2017)
  • Rayvin9 in the US (2017)
  • Ravon6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Raiven

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