Raoul
Raoul is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. Its best rank was 774th, in 1897.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 192853 births
- Best rank
- #774in 1897
- Since 1880
- 2,914people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,914 boys have been named Raoul in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1928, with 53 births.
The name has all but left use: 5 births in 2024, against 53 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1950, and the 1920s alone account for 14%. It has spent 9 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Raoul | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | |
| 1890s | 26 | |
| 1900s | 29 | |
| 1910s | 289 | |
| 1920s | 414 | |
| 1930s | 364 | |
| 1940s | 298 | |
| 1950s | 370 | |
| 1960s | 307 | |
| 1970s | 276 | |
| 1980s | 183 | |
| 1990s | 152 | |
| 2000s | 97 | |
| 2010s | 69 | |
| 2020s | 33 |
In 1928, its biggest year
Raoul was the 937th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1928 were Robert, John, James, William and Charles. See all of 1928.
Names that rose and fell with Raoul
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Stanfordpeak 1954
- Benardpeak 1956
- Lorinpeak 1965
- Raymondpeak 1924
- Eltonpeak 1920
- Norrispeak 1924
- Stantonpeak 1954
- Myronpeak 1930
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.