Around the globe, ראטב (Rateb 
, ראטב 
) is quite a rare male first name. The first name ראטב is habitual in Western Asia, particularly Syria, where it is quite a common boy's name, Lebanon, where it is quite a rare male name, and Israel, where it is quite a rare predominantly boy's, but very infrequently female name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Syria, Egypt, and Afghanistan. Likewise, ראטב is the last name as well as the forename.