Raoul — #12314 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Raoul

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,914 babies named Raoul between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Raoul currently holds the #12314 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 53 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Raoul performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 414 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Raoul shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 337 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Maine. In total, SSA state-level files list Raoul in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Raoul in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,914 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.