Rayven is a variant spelling of Raven, the English word for the large black bird, from Old English hraefn, so it means "raven" and carries associations of dark hair and sharp intelligence. The spelling with a y has been used in the United States since the 1990s, when Raven itself was at its height. Rayven stood at number 1700 in 2000, peaked at number 1541 in 2004 and ranks number 2886 in 2025 with 59 births.