Raiven
Sara Briški Cirman, better known by her stage name Raiven, is a Slovenian singer, songwriter, and harpist. She represented Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Veronika".
Meaning & Origin of Raiven
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sara Briški Cirman, better known by her stage name Raiven, is a Slovenian singer, songwriter, and harpist. She represented Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Veronika".
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The Story of Raiven
Raiven first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1990, with 14 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1997: 25 births, good for #4,239 nationwide. About 37% of every Raiven on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Raiven last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 426 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Raiven
Raiven is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1990 and has accumulated 426 births in the dataset. Raiven's peak popularity came in 1997 when it ranked #4,239. Use the chart and map above to compare Raiven's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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