Rawlings — #5201 US boys' name
150 babies named Rawlings in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 63% of names given to boys today.
59% of everyone ever named Rawlings was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Rawlings in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rawlings
The Social Security Administration has registered 150 babies named Rawlings between 2012 and 2024, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rawlings currently holds the #5201 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 26 babies received it in a single year. Rawlings is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 141 additional births since 2019.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rawlings performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Rawlings shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rawlings 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 150 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.
Rawlings at a glance
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Current rank
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Rawlings popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2012
- Peak year (2021)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
Currently ranks #5201 among boys.
150 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 26 births in a single year.
Rawlings popularity over time — girls
141 total births recorded since 2019 (Rawlings as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Rawlings accounts for 48% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rawlings by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 89 births that decade — 59% of Rawlings's all-time total
Rawlings decade highlights
- Peak decade 89 births
- Runner-up 61 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Rawlings's strongest decade
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% 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, 2012–2024 (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.