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Rawan vs Rawley

American parents have registered 1,439 Rawans since 1880, against 513 Rawleys. Rawan is still ahead, with 54 babies in 2025.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Rawan against Rawley, 1880 to 2025 0 15 30 45 60 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Rawan Rawley

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 59 years in which either name was published, Rawan for 43 years and Rawley for 16 years. The lead changed hands once.

Side by side

  Rawan Rawley
Total US births 1,439513
Most in one year 5424
Babies in 2025 5414
Estimated living today 1,400440
Median age today 1714
Peak year 20252014
Best rank 3,028th girls4,138th boys
Rank in 2025 3,028th6,143rd
First recorded 19831916
Girls / boys 1,434 / 50 / 513

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Rawans alive today are over 17; half the Rawleys are over 14. That is 3 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Compare something else

Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Rawan and Rawley.