Given name & surname
Rawlins
“from the renowned land”
Rawlins is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “from the renowned land.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “from the renowned land.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2011. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rawlins through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 202
- 157 boys · 45 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 32
- #5,346 for boys · #7,810 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +96%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 18 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,346 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 48.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 14 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 169 as a first name in 2020; 6,674 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rawlins’s family of names
Rawlins has a related form in Rawle. Rawlins has a related form in Rawlin. Rawlins has a related form in Rawson.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Rawlingsvariant
- Rawlinvariant
- Rawlevariant
- Rawlingvariant
- Rawsonvariant
- Rawllinslikely variant
- Rawlvariant
- Rawlsvariant
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People named Rawlins
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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