Raul — #609 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Raul

The Social Security Administration has registered 87,592 babies named Raul between 1904 and 2024, spanning 121 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Raul currently holds the #609 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 1,519 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Raul performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 14,608 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Raul shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 30,981 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Raul in 39 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Raul 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 87,592 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.