How rare is the name Ravi?

9,577 people in the United States have the first name Ravi, about 1 in 31,537. It ranks #2,537 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RAVI

#2,537

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,577
About
1 in 31,537
This common or more
80.1%
Who bears it

Of the 9,577 people named Ravi, 84.2% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 6.3% as two or more races and 4.6% as White. 98.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ravi peaked in 2024, when 167 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19632025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
167
In 2025*
160 ▼4%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 3,610 babies have been given the name since 1963. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Ravi by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #2,811. The largest share of babies named Ravi, 30.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#5,900118
1970s#3,410397
1980s#2,811673
1990s#3,600646
2000s#5,115541
2010s#5,691496
2020s#3,084739
Baby boom 1946–640.5%
Generation X 1965–8015.5%
Millennials 1981–9629.3%
Generation Z 1997–1224.3%
2013 and later30.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Ravi is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ravi has been most common in New Jersey (5.4×), Massachusetts (3.3×), and New York (3×), and least common in Texas (0.52×).

1,812 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Ravi

#2,535 Landyn · 9,582#2,536 Tory · 9,579#2,538 Demarcus · 9,564#2,539 Iva · 9,550

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ravi, most common first.

#9,348 Rafi · 1,491#17,619 Rabi · 622#40,182 Ravy · 186#51,822 Rave · 111#51,981 Rava · 110

Also a last name

As a last name, Ravi ranks #11,982 of 156,621, with 2,492 people. See Ravi as a last name

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