NameTides

Raul

Raul was the #634 boys' name in the US in 2025 (440 babies), and #1,538 in England & Wales and #2,269 in Canada.

Raul as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Raul as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Raul as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#634 (440)#1,538 (17)——#2,269 (8)
2024#611 (466)#1,402 (19)—#785 (3)#3,072 (5)
2023#594 (477)#965 (31)—#770 (3)#2,921 (5)
2022#554 (539)#825 (38)—#572 (5)#2,493 (6)
2021#610 (455)#738 (46)——#2,812 (5)
2020#557 (505)#845 (35)—#741 (3)#1,838 (9)
2019#517 (552)#844 (36)—#646 (4)—
2018#513 (551)#777 (42)———
2017#519 (556)#673 (52)——#2,198 (7)
2016#468 (652)#833 (38)———
2015#443 (693)#903 (33)#686 (3)#554 (5)#1,956 (8)
2014#422 (727)#1,117 (24)—#382 (10)#2,371 (6)
2013#409 (722)#1,339 (18)——#2,606 (5)
2012#403 (722)#1,270 (20)—#718 (3)#1,781 (9)
2011#360 (835)#1,303 (19)—#730 (3)#1,399 (13)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1995 at #201.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1904.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,900 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Raul is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,300 to 1 in 4,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Raul by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #898WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #711ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #798NYMassachusetts: #690MAOregon: #529ORNevada: #323NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #332CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #680CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #343AZNew Mexico: #270NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,028NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #853GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #275TXFlorida: #912FL
Raul (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RaulCanadaBoys#2,2698
RaulEngland & WalesBoys#1,53817
RaulIrelandBoys—too few
RaulNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
RaulScotlandBoys—too few
RaulUSGirls—too few
RaulUSBoys#634440