Ravén
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Ravén is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Middle English raven, reven, from Old English hræfn, from Proto-West Germanic *hrabn, from Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz (“raven”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrep-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“to.
- USUnited States1 in 8.9K(measured from records)
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 26K
- CACanada≈1 in 44K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 425 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.3K (inferred from the name graph)
37,274 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
Cambodia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Raven in US United States, PH Philippines, CA Canada and 3 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Middle Englishraven(measured from records)
- Old Englishhræfn(measured from records)
- Proto-West Germanic*hrabn(measured from records)
- Proto-Germanic*hrabnaz“raven”(measured from records)
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱrep-(measured from records)
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱer-“to croak“to croak, crow”(measured from records)
From Middle English raven, reven, from Old English hræfn, from Proto-West Germanic *hrabn, from Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz (“raven”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrep-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“to croak, crow”).
Sources 5
- A concise dictionary of first names
- A dictionary of surnames
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
- Wiktionary
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ravén counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 37,274 | 1 in 8.9K | 35K | Raven | 425 |
| CN China | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 89K | — | Raven | 22 |
| PH Philippines | ≈4,300 est. | ≈1 in 26K | — | Raven | 103 |
| KH Cambodia | ≈3,200 est. | ≈1 in 5.3K | — | Raven | 5 |
| CA Canada | ≈870 est. | ≈1 in 44K | 8 | Raven | 143 |
| HK Hong Kong | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 24K | — | Raven | 19 |
| EE Estonia | ≈47 est. | ≈1 in 26K | 38 | — | 6 |
37,274 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Ravén mean, and where does it come from?
- From Middle English raven, reven, from Old English hræfn, from Proto-West Germanic *hrabn, from Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz (“raven”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrep-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“to… Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and A dictionary of surnames and 3 other sources.
- In which country does Ravén have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 37 thousand people named Ravén, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled raven.
- How common is the name Ravén?
- In the United States, the national register counted 37,274 people named Ravén in 2020, about 1 in 8.9 thousand residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ravén”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.