Rabun — boys' name
23 babies named Rabun in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
30% of everyone ever named Rabun was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Rabun in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rabun
The Social Security Administration has registered 23 babies named Rabun between 1915 and 1953, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rabun currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1953. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rabun performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 7 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Rabun shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rabun in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rabun in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 23 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Rabun at a glance
Last recorded 1953Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rabun popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1915
- Peak year (1921)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1953.
23 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 7 births in a single year.
Rabun by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 7 births that decade — 30% of Rabun's all-time total
Rabun decade highlights
- Peak decade 7 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Rabun's strongest decade
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Rabun by state
Where Rabun concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 12 | 52.2% |
12 of 23 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 52.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 52.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–1953 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.