Raul
Raul is ranked 610th among boys in 2024 (466 births). Its best rank was 189th, in 1980.
- Rank in 2024
- #610down 14 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4660.03% of boys
- Peak year
- 20001,519 births
- Best rank
- #189in 1980
- Since 1904
- 87,592people given the name
The story in the numbers
87,592 boys have been named Raul in the United States since 1904, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2000, with 1,519 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 422 → 610).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1984, and the 1990s alone account for 17%. It has spent 117 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Raul | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 35 | |
| 1910s | 640 | |
| 1920s | 2,847 | |
| 1930s | 3,238 | |
| 1940s | 4,506 | |
| 1950s | 7,750 | |
| 1960s | 8,505 | |
| 1970s | 10,547 | |
| 1980s | 12,126 | |
| 1990s | 14,608 | |
| 2000s | 13,416 | |
| 2010s | 6,936 | |
| 2020s | 2,438 |
In 2000, its biggest year
Raul was the 223rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2000 were Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 2000.
Names that rose and fell with Raul
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Gilbertopeak 1993
- Ramiropeak 2001
- Rodolfopeak 1981
- Homeropeak 1994
- Robertopeak 1991
- Armandopeak 1997
- Ernestopeak 2003
- Arturopeak 2005
Other spellings in the data
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.