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Ravi

Boys' name · Current · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~3,500 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,244 among boys
Births in 2025
160 3,610 since 1880
Typical age
25 years, median

Ravi popularity over time

Ravi rank by birth year, 1963–2025Ravi ranked #3,318 in 1963 and #1,244 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1,041, in 1986.#1,000#1,244198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1963–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 2024: 167 births recorded as Ravi. 1963 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. As of 2025 the name sits at #1,244, with 160 births that year.

Over ten years the count has risen 3.4×. Year on year the rank dropped by 33.

Babies named Ravi per yearPeaks at 167 births in 2024.167 in 20240198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Ravi?

Roughly 3,500 Ravis are alive in the US right now. That is out of 3,610 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Ravi?

Median age among living Ravis: 25. Most living bearers were born in the 2020s. By the site’s era rules that makes Ravi a current name.

Your Ravi

Ages of living people named RaviHalf of living Ravis are older than 25 and half younger.median 250204060
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Ravi is most common

The name is concentrated in Massachusetts, at 9.9× the national rate. New Jersey, Florida and Pennsylvania follow.

Where Ravi is used more than average4 states use the name Ravi more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: 1.7× the national ratePANew Jersey: 2.2× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: 9.9× the national rateMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: 1.8× the national rateFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Ravi is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Massachusetts 142 9.9×
New Jersey 45 2.2×
Florida 89 1.8×
Pennsylvania 47 1.7×

Ravi in England and Wales

ONS recorded 38 births named Ravi in 2025, ranking it #845. That is 2.0× higher than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Ravi comes from

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

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

See how Sanskrit names are used in American and British births on the Sanskrit names page.

Notable people named Ravi

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Ravi Shankar Indian sitar player 1920–2012 96
Ravi Zacharias Canadian-American Christian apologist 1946–2020 25
Ravi Shankar Prasad Indian politician 1954 23
Ravi Shastri Indian cricket coach, former player and commentator 1962 21
Ravi Teja Telugu Actor 1962 21
Ravi Kishan Indian film actor, voice actor and television personality 1971 16
Ravi Dubey Indian model, comedian, dancer, presenter and actor. 1983 15
Ravi Coltrane American jazz saxophonist 1965 14
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Ravi

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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