Fun Facts About the Name Rawlings
- 318 babies named Rawlings: U.S. records list 318 babies given the name Rawlings from 1880 through 2025. Even 157 boys received the name Rawlings.
What Does the Name Rawlings Mean?
Rawlings is an English surname meaning "son of Rawlin" or "son of Rawling." It is a patronymic: the final -s is the old genitive ending that marks "son of." The personal name behind it is Middle English Rawlin or Rawling, a diminutive of Raw, itself a short form of Ralph. The diminutive suffix is -lin or -ling. Ralph is a Germanic name usually explained as "counsel-wolf," from ræd (counsel) and wulf (wolf); it was established in England in Old English and Norman forms.
Rawlings Name History & Origins
In medieval England, Ralph was a common personal name. It had an Old English form, Rædwulf, and was reinforced by the Norman form Radulf after the Norman Conquest. Vernacular shortened forms such as Raw, Rawl, Rawlin, and Rawling grew up alongside it. When English surnames became hereditary in the later Middle Ages, a family known as the son of a Rawlin or Rawling could take the genitive form Rawlings, with -s fixed as part of the surname. The name is thus an English patronymic surname; its use as a first name is a transferred use of that surname.
How Popular is the Name Rawlings?
Rawlings has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2021. Its best rank was #3,993 in 2021.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,066 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2024 | #7,155 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2023 | #5,692 | 22 | 0.0014% |
| 2022 | #4,556 | 31 | 0.0019% |
| 2021 | #3,993 | 37 | 0.0023% |
| 2020 | #6,272 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 2019 | #7,271 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,440 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #5,184 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2023 | #7,192 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2022 | #6,078 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2021 | #4,097 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2020 | #5,405 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2019 | #5,113 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2018 | #11,823 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #7,436 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #8,662 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #7,443 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2012 | #13,759 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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