Ravi
Ravi was the 1249th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 160 babies. Its best year was 1985, when it ranked 1047th; the most babies were born in 2024 (167). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,386 places. More babies were named Ravi in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,249 boys, up 742 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 160boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2024167 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,610babies recorded
Ravi popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 5 since 1968.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,249 | 160 |
| 2020 | #1,991 | 72 |
| 2010 | #2,999 | 39 |
| 2000 | #1,844 | 58 |
| 1990 | #1,164 | 88 |
| 1980 | #1,174 | 61 |
| 1970 | #1,515 | 32 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Ravi, counting every spelling?
Ravi is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,182 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,249 for Ravi on its own. Together these spellings went to 160 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ravi | 160 | #1,249 | 667 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Ravi?
160 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Ravi (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Ravi born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 52 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Ravi.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Ravi?
About 3,500 people born in the US named Ravi are alive today, with a median age of 26; half are between 9 and 39. That makes Ravi mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Ravi by state
How common Ravi was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Massachusetts (12.2×), New Jersey (2.6×), Pennsylvania (2.3×), Florida (2.1×). In 40 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Ravi: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Ravi, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Ravi
How popular is the name Ravi?
Ravi was the 1249th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 160 babies. Its best year was 1985, when it ranked 1047th; the most babies were born in 2024 (167). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,386 places. More babies were named Ravi in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Ravi a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Ravi in the US.
Where is Ravi most popular?
In 2021–2025, Ravi was most common in Massachusetts (0.94 per 1,000 boys), followed by New Jersey and Connecticut.