Fun Facts About the Name Corvus
- 101 babies named Corvus: U.S. records list 101 babies given the name Corvus from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Corvus Mean?
Corvus is a Latin noun meaning 'raven' or 'crow.' It names the bird directly; it was not originally a personal name. The Latin word corvus is also the source of the scientific family name Corvidae and the English adjective corvine, both used for crows and their relatives.
Because the word's literal sense is the bird, symbolic ideas attached to ravens (such as prophecy, death, or wisdom) are later cultural associations, not part of the name's etymology. In Roman naming, Corvus was used as a cognomen, a third name often based on a nickname or distinctive trait.
Corvus Name History & Origins
In the Roman Republic, Corvus appears as a cognomen in the Valerii family. The best-known bearer is Marcus Valerius Corvus, consul in 348 BC and several times afterward. Roman tradition says that during a duel with a Gaulish champion, a raven landed on his helmet and attacked his opponent, and that he took the name Corvus from the bird. That story explains the cognomen in traditional terms rather than documenting the name's origin.
The word also names the constellation Corvus, one of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy in the 2nd century AD and representing a crow or raven in Greek and Roman star lore. In modern taxonomy, Corvus is the genus that includes crows, ravens, rooks, and jackdaws. As a personal name outside Roman cognomen use, Corvus is rare; when it appears, it is generally a learned or literary borrowing from the Latin word or the constellation name.
How Popular is the Name Corvus?
Corvus has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #5,907 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,907 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2024 | #7,847 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #8,382 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2022 | #9,154 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #7,623 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #6,854 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2018 | #8,988 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #11,050 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #9,876 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2015 | #12,444 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #11,011 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #12,883 | 5 | 0.0002% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Corvus Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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