Rawlin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RAW-lin
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Rawlin is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Rawlin mean?
English: medieval pet form of Rawle or Ralph
From the medieval name Rawlin, a pet form of Rawle or Ralph, which also gave the surname Rawlins.
Is Rawlin a girl's or a boy's name?
Rawlin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rawlin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Rawlin, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1921.
Half of all the boys named Rawlin in the US since 1880 were born between 1944 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rawlin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,842 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
Names like Rawlin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Raiden Ronan Sevyn Deacon Reign Rayden Cannon Cassian Kayden Ocean Chozen Boden
Names related to Rawlin
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rawlin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rawlin, updated 20 October 2026.