How rare is the name Raul?

131,547 people in the United States have the first name Raul, about 1 in 2,296. It ranks #430 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RAUL

#430

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
131,547
About
1 in 2,296
This common or more
55.6%
Who bears it

Of the 131,547 people named Raul, 95.1% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% as White and 1.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Raul peaked in 1995, when 1,521 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19042025
Peak year
1995
Births that year
1,521
In 2025*
440 ▼71%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 88,524 babies have been given the name since 1904. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Raul by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #412. The largest share of babies named Raul, 24.1%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1900s#3,02035
1910s#1,375640
1920s#7392,854
1930s#6483,275
1940s#6344,526
1950s#5597,810
1960s#5698,572
1970s#46110,632
1980s#42612,242
1990s#41214,680
2000s#49913,440
2010s#8906,936
2020s#1,2142,882
Greatest Generation 1901–273.1%
Silent Generation 1928–457.1%
Baby boom 1946–6416.3%
Generation X 1965–8018.3%
Millennials 1981–9624.1%
Generation Z 1997–1222.8%
2013 and later8.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Raul is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Raul has been most common in Texas (4.8×), Arizona (3.6×), and New Mexico (3.4×), and least common in Kentucky (0.02×).

84,777 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Raul

#428 Edgar · 132,092#429 Lois · 131,667#431 Greg · 131,523#432 Esther · 131,090

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Raul, most common first.

#2,457 Rahul · 10,064#6,394 Raoul · 2,515#16,909 Rael · 660#42,346 Ral · 170#50,640 Rauel · 118

Also a last name

As a last name, Raul ranks #49,748 of 156,621, with 456 people. See Raul as a last name

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