Rawlins — #6401 US boys' name
139 babies named Rawlins in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 55% of names given to boys today.
51% of everyone ever named Rawlins was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Rawlins in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rawlins
The Social Security Administration has registered 139 babies named Rawlins between 2011 and 2024, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rawlins currently holds the #6401 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 16 babies received it in a single year. Rawlins is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 31 additional births since 2020.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rawlins performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 71 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Rawlins shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rawlins 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 139 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.
Rawlins at a glance
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Rawlins popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2011
- Peak year (2023)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
Currently ranks #6401 among boys.
139 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 16 births in a single year.
Rawlins popularity over time — girls
31 total births recorded since 2020 (Rawlins as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Rawlins accounts for 18% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rawlins by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 71 births that decade — 51% of Rawlins's all-time total
Rawlins decade highlights
- Peak decade 71 births
- Runner-up 68 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Rawlins's strongest decade
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% 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, 2011–2024 (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.