Revan
Masculine
Revan is given to both — 1,044 boys and 94 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Revan came into American naming through a 2003 video game, and the sound sits close to the Persian ravan — the soul, or the flowing.
How old is the name Revan?
Revan first appears in US birth records in 2004 — 21 years ago. The typical Revan is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,000 people named Revan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Revan most popular?
Revan peaked in 2021, reaching #1565 nationally. Today it ranks #1708, 143 places below that high. See the whole 2021 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Revan
Our story of Revan is a story of a name arriving from a screen. A 2003 role-playing game gave the name to a character whose identity is the game's central revelation, and the American registers pick it up from the years after. Behind the sound sits a Persian word for the soul, and behind that the old name of Yerevan — but neither is documented as the source. What is documented is the year the name started appearing, which is a real thing to know about it.
Meaningscholars disagree
Not established
No settled etymology. The Persian ravan means 'soul', 'spirit' or 'flowing', and Rəvan is the Persian name of Yerevan. Whether the game's writers drew on either is not documented. It also functions as a modern coinage on the -van ending. Honest sources record the origin as unsettled.
Pronouncing Revan
REV-un
Two syllables, stress on the first. Persian ravan places the stress on the second.
Nicknames for Revan
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2004
- Most boys named
- 2021111 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1565reached in 2021
- Change vs 2024
- +28.4%95 in 2025, from 74
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Revan in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ravan in Persian — related form
- Revin in English — spelling variant
- Revan in Turkish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Ohio.
Revans among us
people named Revan are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 17,980 born in 2025 was named Revan
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Adian test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Revan's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Adian climbed just as high around 2004, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Adian's path sketches the road Revan is walking now.
Revan sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Revan is headed
Revan should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Revan beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Revan in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The Persian soul reading behind the sound is genuinely attractive.
- Van is available as a short form with a real record.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- The origin is genuinely unsettled and the game arrival is the documented part.
- Revan and Raven are close enough to be misheard.
- It is very new and will need spelling out.
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Frequently asked
- How many Revans are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Revan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Revan in 2025?
- Revan ranks #1708 among US boy names in 2025, with 95 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Revan?
- About 1 in every 17,980 US boys born in 2025 was named Revan — 95 in all.
- Will my child share the name Revan with classmates?
- Revan will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Revan
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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