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Ravi

#1,249 in 2025Boys' name

The sun or the sun-god.

Ravi has been given to 3,610 babies in the U.S. since 1963. In 2025 it ranked #1,249 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 167 recorded.

Babies named Ravi, 2025

1 in 20,700

Ravi over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ravi: meaning, origin, and history

The sun or the sun-god.

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ravi means

Ravi means “the sun or the sun-god.”, associated with ravi.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Borrowed from Sanskrit रवि (ravi, “the sun or the sun-god.”).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Ravi (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Ravi is used in English.

Ravi comes through Sanskrit रवि.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,605 boys were recorded with the name Ravi between 1963 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 167 in 2024; its best national rank was #1,046 in 1985.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,991 in 2020 to #1,249 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,634 in 2015 to #1,249 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Ravi between 1968 and 1968. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1968; its best national rank was #7,889 in 1968.

How common is Ravi?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 20,700
160 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 10,700
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,249
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
14,363 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ravi sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 14,363 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ravi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ravis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ravi was born before 1999 — so the typical Ravi is around 26 today.

Median birth year
1999
About 26 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
20.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
47.7%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
3,605
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 20.5% of all recorded uses (739).

Is Ravi rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−30
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+742
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,385
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
3.40×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
95.8%
Peak was 2024 (167)
Years since peak
1
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,046
1985

Spellings of Ravi

Ravi is not the most common spelling — David is, with 73.0% against Ravi's 0.07%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Ravi is used

Across 2016–2025, Ravi was most concentrated in Massachusetts — about 1 in 1,961 boys, against 1 in 14,543 across all states with data. It was least common in Georgia (1 in 100,000).

151 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Massachusetts1 in 1,961
  2. 2New Jersey1 in 9,091
  3. 3Connecticut1 in 11,111
  4. 4Florida1 in 11,111
  5. 5Pennsylvania1 in 11,111
  6. 6New York1 in 16,667
  7. 7South Carolina1 in 16,667
  8. 8California1 in 20,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Ravi around the world

Where Ravi ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #845
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1982–1982
    #315
    in 1982
  • Ireland
    2022–2025
    #509
    in 2025
  • France
    1968–2025
    #1,749
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #2,855
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1976–2012
    #514
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Ravi

People whose public names include Ravi, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Ravi by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,249
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 742
Best rank ever
#1,046
1985
Peak year
2024
167 that year
First recorded
1963
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,605
Count in 2025
160

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#7,889
1968
Peak year
1968
5 that year
First recorded
1968
Last recorded
1968
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Ravi

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Ravi

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Ravi, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Ravi

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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