MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ravi mean?
Ravi is a Sanskrit solar name that remains visible in Ravivar, the Hindi word for Sunday, and in compounds such as Ravindra. Ravikumar joins this sun word to kumāra, son or youth.
Pronunciation
IAST: ravi
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
रवि
Letter-by-letter: ravi
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਰਵੀ
Conventional spelling
Kannada
ರವಿ
Conventional spelling
Malayalam
രവി
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
रवी
Letter-by-letter: ravī
41,699 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ravi in Indian usage
666,101 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 9,481 records (1.4%).
- Recorded as male: 656,620 records (98.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 580 |
| 1930s | 858 |
| 1940s | 3,661 |
| 1950s | 13,851 |
| 1960s | 35,095 |
| 1970s | 76,619 |
| 1980s | 222,147 |
| 1990s | 313,168 |
| Other decades | 122 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 191,142 |
| Bihar | 111,460 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 73,884 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 71,267 |
| Haryana | 41,698 |
| Rajasthan | 40,409 |
| Jharkhand | 32,505 |
| Punjab | 28,730 |
| Kerala | 21,239 |
| Karnataka | 15,941 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 11,335 |
| Uttarakhand | 10,088 |
| Delhi | 8,655 |
| Puducherry | 1,957 |
| Chandigarh | 1,944 |
| Maharashtra | 1,442 |
| Goa | 869 |
| Odisha | 489 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 237 |
| Meghalaya | 232 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 221 |
| Other states | 357 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Ravi / M | 38 | 845 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Ravi; Table_6, C856 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Ravi; Table_6, C856
- Wiktionary: रवि ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Behind the Name: Ravi ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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