Raoul

Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349

Peak · boys
#725
1897 · 9 births
Debut · boys
1880
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,915
since 1880

Raoul over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Raoul has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #725, 1897boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025—
2024#12,3495
2023#12,2395
2022#8,3009
2021#8,8258
2020#10,6056
2019#9,7567
2018#9,6707
2017#6,33813
2016—
2015#8,0409
2014#10,7176
2013#9,6557
2012#8,8648
2011#10,8086
2010#10,7666
2009#6,09514
2008#8,3249
2007#7,59010
2006—
2005#6,63411
2004#6,52011
2003#6,71510
2002#4,91915
2001#9,2436
2000#5,92011
1999#5,31712
1998#4,01917
1997#4,96012
1996#4,18515
1995#3,85416
1994#4,53713
1993#5,7719
1992#2,74725
1991#3,32518
1990#3,77915
1989#3,09419
1988#3,07917
1987#4,23910
1986#2,60120
1985#3,07015
1984#3,27013
1983#2,34121
1982#2,16624
1981#2,27022
1980#2,28422
1979#2,04825
1978#1,79429
1977#2,45818
1976#1,93225
1975#1,70429
1974#2,27718
1973#1,51432
1972#1,87123
1971#1,35239
1970#1,35138
1969#1,49229
1968#1,36632
1967#1,36431
1966#1,81418
1965#1,62523
1964#1,38432
1963#1,51327
1962#1,25938
1961#1,20643
1960#1,35934
1959#1,24739
1958#1,32134
1957#1,45729
1956#1,10647
1955#1,11444
1954#1,31133
1953#1,15541
1952#1,46127
1951#1,09743
1950#1,23234
1949#1,20535
1948#1,23134
1947#1,69620
1946#1,27830
1945#1,32725
1944#1,48321
1943#1,12037
1942#1,13936
1941#1,33325
1940#1,10735
1939#1,19430
1938#1,19930
1937#1,31326
1936#1,02838
1935#1,05737
1934#1,05938
1933#1,20230
1932#1,00443
1931#95947
1930#1,02145
1929#1,01045
1928#92753
1927#1,22735
1926#1,10841
1925#1,07342
1924#1,09343
1923#1,05745
1922#1,30831
1921#1,10141
1920#1,15738
1919#1,06341
1918#1,03542
1917#93447
1916#1,15732
1915#96242
1914#1,18824
1913#93028
1912#1,17416
1911#1,1909
1910#1,1938
1909—
1908#1,0218
1907—
1906#1,0047
1905#9198
1904—
1903—
1902—
1901—
1900#1,1626
1899#1,0515
1898—
1897#7259
1896—
1895—
1894—
1893—
1892—
1891#9635
1890#8147
1889—
1888—
1887—
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1880#7457
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Raoul was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1881–1889, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Raoul
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 300 spots in 1928 (#1,227 → #927)
  • Biggest drop: 258 spots in 1914 (#930 → #1,188)
Rise & fade · boys
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1897 at #725 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1898, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1890–1891
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,529
  • Highest: 1 in 12,529 boys born in 1897 were named Raoul (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 344,578 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 14.2% of all boys named Raoul (414) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s7#745 (1880)#745
1890s26#725 (1897)#888
1900s29#919 (1905)#1,027
1910s289#930 (1913)#1,083
1920s414#927 (1928)#1,106
1930s364#959 (1931)#1,104
1940s298#1,107 (1940)#1,292
1950s371#1,097 (1951)#1,250
1960s307#1,206 (1961)#1,438
1970s276#1,351 (1970)#1,830
1980s183#2,166 (1982)#2,841
1990s152#2,747 (1992)#4,249
2000s97#4,919 (2002)#6,884
2010s69#6,338 (2017)#9,402
2020s33#8,300 (2022)#10,464

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Raoul in 1956

boys
#1,106
47 births · 1 in 45,006 boys

Top boys' names in 1956

  1. #1Michael90,691
  2. #2James84,897
  3. #3Robert83,924
  4. #4David81,652
  5. #5John80,804
  6. #6William58,991
  7. #7Richard52,915
  8. #8Mark48,828
  9. #9Thomas44,836
  10. #10Steven38,413
  11. #1,106Raoul47
More about 1956

boys

2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 45,006 of them was named Raoul, which outranked 75.2% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Raoul
  1. #1,092Mariano48
  2. #1,092Rockey48
  3. #1,092Rodrigo48
  4. #1,106Raoul47
  5. #1,106Ambrose47
  6. #1,106Antony47
  7. #1,106Arlan47
  8. #1,120Abram46
  9. #1,120Asa46
  10. #1,120Charlton46

Tied with 13 names at #1,106; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,847Jace#2,764 → #917
  2. ↑ 678Rich#1,572 → #894
  3. ↑ 590Broderick#1,273 → #683
  4. ↑ 559Elvis#921 → #362
  5. ↑ 513Tracey#1,419 → #906
Fallers
  1. ↓ 351Adolphus#906 → #1,257
  2. ↓ 336Randolf#949 → #1,285
  3. ↓ 279Cordell#792 → #1,071
  4. ↓ 272Rudolfo#885 → #1,157
  5. ↓ 269Aurelio#949 → #1,218

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1956 →