Raul
Last seen for girls in 2008 at #17,504 · #634 for boys in 2025, 440 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1980 · 1,288 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 88,040since 1904
Raul over time
Rank among boys' names. Raul has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #634 | 440 | |
| 2024 | — | #611 | 466 | |
| 2023 | — | #594 | 477 | |
| 2022 | — | #554 | 539 | |
| 2021 | — | #610 | 455 | |
| 2020 | — | #557 | 505 | |
| 2019 | — | #517 | 552 | |
| 2018 | — | #513 | 551 | |
| 2017 | — | #519 | 556 | |
| 2016 | — | #468 | 652 | |
| 2015 | — | #443 | 693 | |
| 2014 | — | #422 | 727 | |
| 2013 | — | #409 | 722 | |
| 2012 | — | #403 | 722 | |
| 2011 | — | #360 | 835 | |
| 2010 | — | #340 | 926 | |
| 2009 | — | #315 | 1,015 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #288 | 1,180 |
| 2007 | — | #255 | 1,387 | |
| 2006 | — | #255 | 1,355 | |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | #248 | 1,332 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #242 | 1,381 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #238 | 1,401 |
| 2002 | — | #240 | 1,407 | |
| 2001 | — | #235 | 1,439 | |
| 2000 | — | #223 | 1,519 | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #228 | 1,469 |
| 1998 | — | #232 | 1,373 | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #219 | 1,406 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #207 | 1,493 |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | #201 | 1,512 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #199 | 1,452 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 | #204 | 1,497 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 | #207 | 1,488 |
| 1991 | — | #214 | 1,458 | |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 | #209 | 1,461 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | #209 | 1,359 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | #212 | 1,235 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | #211 | 1,184 |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 | #208 | 1,164 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | #218 | 1,108 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 | #208 | 1,106 |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 | #208 | 1,141 |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | #202 | 1,223 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #190 | 1,318 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 | #189 | 1,288 |
| 1979 | — | #212 | 1,119 | |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | #209 | 1,036 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | #217 | 1,016 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | #199 | 1,111 |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 | #208 | 1,038 |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 | #209 | 1,065 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #225 | 959 |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | #212 | 1,050 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | #211 | 1,116 |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 | #226 | 1,038 |
| 1969 | — | #248 | 843 | |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 | #241 | 885 |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 | #240 | 852 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | #247 | 844 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | #263 | 793 |
| 1964 | — | #265 | 836 | |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | #262 | 852 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #268 | 816 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #267 | 881 |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #263 | 905 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #272 | 846 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #264 | 865 |
| 1957 | — | #259 | 846 | |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | #252 | 812 |
| 1955 | #3,377 | 12 | #249 | 798 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #248 | 782 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | #255 | 738 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #256 | 713 |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #251 | 704 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #255 | 646 |
| 1949 | — | #254 | 646 | |
| 1948 | — | #266 | 615 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #288 | 572 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #295 | 482 |
| 1945 | — | #268 | 487 | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #301 | 393 |
| 1943 | — | #318 | 371 | |
| 1942 | — | #325 | 345 | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #337 | 291 |
| 1940 | — | #325 | 304 | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #310 | 322 |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #315 | 303 |
| 1937 | — | #334 | 264 | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #320 | 282 |
| 1935 | — | #302 | 324 | |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 | #307 | 313 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | #296 | 320 |
| 1932 | — | #302 | 338 | |
| 1931 | — | #290 | 364 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #281 | 408 |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | #271 | 422 |
| 1928 | — | #292 | 375 | |
| 1927 | — | #304 | 361 | |
| 1926 | — | #328 | 306 | |
| 1925 | — | #349 | 282 | |
| 1924 | — | #331 | 307 | |
| 1923 | — | #408 | 217 | |
| 1922 | — | #421 | 203 | |
| 1921 | — | #437 | 195 | |
| 1920 | — | #454 | 179 | |
| 1919 | — | #574 | 109 | |
| 1918 | — | #611 | 101 | |
| 1917 | — | #616 | 93 | |
| 1916 | — | #647 | 82 | |
| 1915 | — | #614 | 88 | |
| 1914 | — | #734 | 51 | |
| 1913 | — | #604 | 53 | |
| 1912 | — | #816 | 29 | |
| 1911 | — | #759 | 18 | |
| 1910 | — | #755 | 16 | |
| 1909 | — | #951 | 10 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,021 | 8 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #852 | 9 | |
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| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Raul! It came in at #874, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1905, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Raul is popular in 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#96 · 1 in 449
- California#105 · 1 in 484
- Arizona#114 · 1 in 577
- Illinois#175 · 1 in 1,070
- New Mexico#200 · 1 in 1,039
Best ever in a state: #30 in Arizona, 1920.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #96 | 321 | 1 in 449 |
| California | #105 | 521 | 1 in 484 |
| Arizona | #114 | 51 | 1 in 577 |
| Illinois | #175 | 78 | 1 in 1,070 |
| New Mexico | #200 | 11 | 1 in 1,039 |
| Florida | #241 | 53 | 1 in 1,594 |
| Washington | #254 | 15 | 1 in 2,173 |
| New Jersey | #268 | 22 | 1 in 2,339 |
| New York | #269 | 65 | 1 in 1,995 |
| Colorado | #304 | 9 | 1 in 2,682 |
| Wisconsin | #333 | 8 | 1 in 4,050 |
| Connecticut | #352 | 5 | 1 in 4,341 |
| Massachusetts | #362 | 8 | 1 in 5,184 |
| Oregon | #362 | 5 | 1 in 3,671 |
| Oklahoma | #412 | 5 | 1 in 4,148 |
| Virginia | #512 | 6 | 1 in 6,688 |
| Pennsylvania | #568 | 8 | 1 in 9,890 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Raul
- 23 spots since 2024 (#611 → #634)
- 77 spots since 2020 (#557 → #634)
- 191 spots since 2015 (#443 → #634)
- Biggest jump: 212 spots in 1913 (#816 → #604)
- Biggest drop: 130 spots in 1914 (#604 → #734)
- Debuted 1904
- Peaked 1980 at #189 (1,288 births)
- Births halved by 2017, 37 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 119 yrs · run 1909–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,259 boys born in 1995 were named Raul (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,882 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
- Its best rank, #189 in 1980, was only 1 in 1,385 (0.07%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 16.6% of all boys named Raul (14,609) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 35 | #852 (1906) | #925 |
| 1910s | 640 | #574 (1919) | #673 |
| 1920s | 2,847 | #271 (1929) | #360 |
| 1930s | 3,238 | #281 (1930) | #306 |
| 1940s | 4,506 | #254 (1949) | #298 |
| 1950s | 7,750 | #248 (1954) | #256 |
| 1960s | 8,507 | #240 (1967) | #256 |
| 1970s | 10,548 | #199 (1976) | #213 |
| 1980s | 12,126 | #189 (1980) | #206 |
| 1990s | 14,609 | #199 (1994) | #212 |
| 2000s | 13,416 | #223 (2000) | #254 |
| 2010s | 6,936 | #340 (2010) | #439 |
| 2020s | 2,882 | #554 (2022) | #593 |
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.
Raul in 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 148,405 of them was named Raul, which outranked 54.8% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,895Willette13
- #5,895Wynne13
- #5,895Yury13
- #6,277Raul12
- #6,277Aaren12
- #6,277Abigael12
- #6,277Addy12
- #6,666Abbe11
- #6,666Abriana11
- #6,666Adeola11
Tied with 388 names at #6,277; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 1,550 of them was named Raul, which outranked 97.5% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.