Rawlins
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RAW-linz
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Rawlins is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Rawlin”. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Rawlins mean?
English: surname from Rawlin, a pet form of Ralph
“son of Rawlin”
Is Rawlins a girl's or a boy's name?
Rawlins is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls and 18 boys in the US.
How popular is Rawlins in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Rawlins, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. It first appears in the records in 2011. 14 girls were also named Rawlins in 2025 (7,489th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Rawlins of any year since it first appeared, in 2011.
Half of all the boys named Rawlins in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rawlins in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
Names like Rawlins
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rhodes Sevyn Riggins Riggs Briggs Reign Raiden Kyaire Chozen Legend Ledger Caspian
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie
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, “Rawlins: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rawlins, updated 20 October 2026.