Raul Boy
How popular is Raul?
#634 boy name in 2025
440 baby boys were named Raul in the US in 2025, making it the 634th most popular boy name.
Raul popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #634 for boys (▼ 23 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 440 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-37% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #443 in 2015, #557 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2000 (1,519 boys) |
| Highest rank | #189 in 1980 |
| First recorded | 1904 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Raul counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Raul family of names ranked #570 for boys in 2025 (#543 the year before), with 493 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Raul | 440 | 89% |
| Rael | 53 | 11% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Raul is most popular
Babies named Raul per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.8 per 1,000 (713 boys)
- New Mexico: 0.7 per 1,000 (23 boys)
- Arizona: 0.6 per 1,000 (104 boys)
- Nevada: 0.6 per 1,000 (36 boys)
- California: 0.6 per 1,000 (574 boys)
Raul by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 35 | #852 |
| 1910s | 640 | #574 |
| 1920s | 2,847 | #271 |
| 1930s | 3,238 | #281 |
| 1940s | 4,506 | #254 |
| 1950s | 7,750 | #248 |
| 1960s | 8,507 | #240 |
| 1970s | 10,548 | #199 |
| 1980s | 12,126 | #189 |
| 1990s | 14,609 | #199 |
| 2000s | 13,416 | #223 |
| 2010s | 6,936 | #340 |
| 2020s | 2,882 | #554 |
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Questions
- Is Raul a boy or girl name?
- Raul is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Raul were boys.
- How popular is the name Raul?
- 440 baby boys were named Raul in the US in 2025, making it the 634th most popular boy name.
- When was Raul most popular?
- Raul peaked in 2000, when 1,519 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #189 in 1980.
- How many people are named Raul?
- 88,524 babies have been named Raul in the US since 1880. We estimate about 73,833 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 36.
- Where is Raul most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Raul was most common in Texas, at 0.8 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.