Rawleigh — boys' name
215 babies named Rawleigh in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Rawleigh was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Rawleigh in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rawleigh
The Social Security Administration has registered 215 babies named Rawleigh between 1912 and 1963, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rawleigh currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rawleigh performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 58 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Rawleigh shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rawleigh 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 215 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.
Rawleigh at a glance
Last recorded 1963Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rawleigh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1912
- Peak year (1923)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1963.
215 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 14 births in a single year.
Rawleigh by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 58 births that decade — 27% of Rawleigh's all-time total
Rawleigh decade highlights
- Peak decade 58 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Rawleigh's strongest decade
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
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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, 1912–1963 (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.