Rawley — #7791 US boys' name
499 babies named Rawley in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 45% of names given to boys today.
32% of everyone ever named Rawley was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Rawley in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rawley
The Social Security Administration has registered 499 babies named Rawley between 1916 and 2024, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rawley currently holds the #7791 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rawley performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 162 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Rawley shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rawley in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rawley 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 499 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.
Rawley at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Rawley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1916
- Peak year (2014)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 109 years of records
Currently ranks #7791 among boys.
499 total births across 109 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 24 births in a single year.
Rawley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 162 births that decade — 32% of Rawley's all-time total
Rawley decade highlights
- Peak decade 162 births
- Runner-up 99 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Rawley's strongest decade
162 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Rawley by state
Where Rawley concentrates geographically — total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.0% |
5 of 499 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1916–2024 (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.