# Rawan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rawan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Kurdish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,439 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 1,434 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 365, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Kurdish.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 42 | 3,709 |
| 2012 | 43 | 3,695 |
| 2013 | 29 | 4,859 |
| 2014 | 45 | 3,531 |
| 2015 | 32 | 4,475 |
| 2016 | 46 | 3,455 |
| 2017 | 39 | 3,904 |
| 2018 | 49 | 3,280 |
| 2019 | 34 | 4,246 |
| 2020 | 35 | 4,061 |
| 2021 | 39 | 3,866 |
| 2022 | 50 | 3,265 |
| 2023 | 48 | 3,374 |
| 2024 | 39 | 3,878 |
| 2025 | 54 | 3,064 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | 13,691 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 2,025 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 19 | 1,587 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,882 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,328 |
| 2016 | 16 | 1,834 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,733 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,977 |
| 2019 | 13 | 2,040 |
| 2020 | 30 | 1,100 |
| 2021 | 13 | 2,073 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,488 |
| 2023 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2024 | 13 | 2,115 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,278 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.