girls:
125 births since 2019
#5591 (2nd percentile)
boys:
131 births since 2012
#4455 (3rd percentile)
overall:
256 births since 2012
#7483 (3rd percentile)
The name Rawlings is the #7,483 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 256 recorded births since 2012. This represents the 3.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,455 (2.8% percentile) for all time with 131 births since 2012. For girls, it ranks #5,591 (2.2% percentile) for all time with 125 births since 2019.
Rawlings first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2012 (2012 for boys and 2019 for girls). Birth data for Rawlings is available in 10 out of the 12 years between 2012 and 2023 (10 years for boys and 5 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Rawlings is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 64.7% of babies named Rawlings were girls.
For boys, Rawlings reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #909) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Rawlings ranks #904 for boys (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 47.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Rawlings reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 3.4% percentile (ranked #904) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 21 births per million (ranked 3.4% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Rawlings ranks #930 for girls (1.8% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 60.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rawlings".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Rawlings. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 84.6% confident that Rawlings is pronounced as RAWL-lihngz, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RAW-lihngz, at 15.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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