Ravi is a Sanskrit name that means "sun" and is one of the names of the Hindu sun god Surya. The sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar, who taught George Harrison and performed at Woodstock, made it familiar in the West. In the United States Ravi has risen as the Indian American community has grown, moving from number 2,635 in 2015 to a best rank of number 1,219 in 2024 and sitting at number 1,249 in 2025.