Raoul
Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
- Peak · boys
- 1897 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,915since 1880
Raoul over time
Rank among boys' names. Raoul has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #6,338 | 13 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #8,864 | 8 |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #6,095 | 14 |
| 2008 | #8,324 | 9 |
| 2007 | #7,590 | 10 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #6,520 | 11 |
| 2003 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #4,919 | 15 |
| 2001 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #5,920 | 11 |
| 1999 | #5,317 | 12 |
| 1998 | #4,019 | 17 |
| 1997 | #4,960 | 12 |
| 1996 | #4,185 | 15 |
| 1995 | #3,854 | 16 |
| 1994 | #4,537 | 13 |
| 1993 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #2,747 | 25 |
| 1991 | #3,325 | 18 |
| 1990 | #3,779 | 15 |
| 1989 | #3,094 | 19 |
| 1988 | #3,079 | 17 |
| 1987 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #2,601 | 20 |
| 1985 | #3,070 | 15 |
| 1984 | #3,270 | 13 |
| 1983 | #2,341 | 21 |
| 1982 | #2,166 | 24 |
| 1981 | #2,270 | 22 |
| 1980 | #2,284 | 22 |
| 1979 | #2,048 | 25 |
| 1978 | #1,794 | 29 |
| 1977 | #2,458 | 18 |
| 1976 | #1,932 | 25 |
| 1975 | #1,704 | 29 |
| 1974 | #2,277 | 18 |
| 1973 | #1,514 | 32 |
| 1972 | #1,871 | 23 |
| 1971 | #1,352 | 39 |
| 1970 | #1,351 | 38 |
| 1969 | #1,492 | 29 |
| 1968 | #1,366 | 32 |
| 1967 | #1,364 | 31 |
| 1966 | #1,814 | 18 |
| 1965 | #1,625 | 23 |
| 1964 | #1,384 | 32 |
| 1963 | #1,513 | 27 |
| 1962 | #1,259 | 38 |
| 1961 | #1,206 | 43 |
| 1960 | #1,359 | 34 |
| 1959 | #1,247 | 39 |
| 1958 | #1,321 | 34 |
| 1957 | #1,457 | 29 |
| 1956 | #1,106 | 47 |
| 1955 | #1,114 | 44 |
| 1954 | #1,311 | 33 |
| 1953 | #1,155 | 41 |
| 1952 | #1,461 | 27 |
| 1951 | #1,097 | 43 |
| 1950 | #1,232 | 34 |
| 1949 | #1,205 | 35 |
| 1948 | #1,231 | 34 |
| 1947 | #1,696 | 20 |
| 1946 | #1,278 | 30 |
| 1945 | #1,327 | 25 |
| 1944 | #1,483 | 21 |
| 1943 | #1,120 | 37 |
| 1942 | #1,139 | 36 |
| 1941 | #1,333 | 25 |
| 1940 | #1,107 | 35 |
| 1939 | #1,194 | 30 |
| 1938 | #1,199 | 30 |
| 1937 | #1,313 | 26 |
| 1936 | #1,028 | 38 |
| 1935 | #1,057 | 37 |
| 1934 | #1,059 | 38 |
| 1933 | #1,202 | 30 |
| 1932 | #1,004 | 43 |
| 1931 | #959 | 47 |
| 1930 | #1,021 | 45 |
| 1929 | #1,010 | 45 |
| 1928 | #927 | 53 |
| 1927 | #1,227 | 35 |
| 1926 | #1,108 | 41 |
| 1925 | #1,073 | 42 |
| 1924 | #1,093 | 43 |
| 1923 | #1,057 | 45 |
| 1922 | #1,308 | 31 |
| 1921 | #1,101 | 41 |
| 1920 | #1,157 | 38 |
| 1919 | #1,063 | 41 |
| 1918 | #1,035 | 42 |
| 1917 | #934 | 47 |
| 1916 | #1,157 | 32 |
| 1915 | #962 | 42 |
| 1914 | #1,188 | 24 |
| 1913 | #930 | 28 |
| 1912 | #1,174 | 16 |
| 1911 | #1,190 | 9 |
| 1910 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,021 | 8 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | #919 | 8 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #725 | 9 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | #814 | 7 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #745 | 7 |
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.
Where Raoul is popular in 1913
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maine#94 · 1 in 373
- Massachusetts#253 · 1 in 3,520
- Louisiana#285 · 1 in 1,812
Best ever in a state: #87 in New Hampshire, 1928.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Maine | #94 | 7 | 1 in 373 |
| Massachusetts | #253 | 5 | 1 in 3,520 |
| Louisiana | #285 | 5 | 1 in 1,812 |
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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 Raoul
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1897 at #725 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1898, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1890–1891
- 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%)
- 14.2% of all boys named Raoul (414) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | #745 (1880) | #745 |
| 1890s | 26 | #725 (1897) | #888 |
| 1900s | 29 | #919 (1905) | #1,027 |
| 1910s | 289 | #930 (1913) | #1,083 |
| 1920s | 414 | #927 (1928) | #1,106 |
| 1930s | 364 | #959 (1931) | #1,104 |
| 1940s | 298 | #1,107 (1940) | #1,292 |
| 1950s | 371 | #1,097 (1951) | #1,250 |
| 1960s | 307 | #1,206 (1961) | #1,438 |
| 1970s | 276 | #1,351 (1970) | #1,830 |
| 1980s | 183 | #2,166 (1982) | #2,841 |
| 1990s | 152 | #2,747 (1992) | #4,249 |
| 2000s | 97 | #4,919 (2002) | #6,884 |
| 2010s | 69 | #6,338 (2017) | #9,402 |
| 2020s | 33 | #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 1913
Top boys' names in 1913
More about 1913
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512,566 boys got a published name in 1913; 1 in 18,306 of them was named Raoul, which outranked 71.5% of the 3,261 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).