Raul: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced rah-OOL · 2 syllables

From Spanish Raul and French Raoul.

How popular is Raul?

Raul was the #634 name in the US in 2025, given to 440 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 36% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1990.

Babies named Raul in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1990).

Half of US adults named Raul are older than 42; most are between 20 and 76. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Raul have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Raul is pronounced rah-OOL.

Raul was the #634 name in the US in 2025, given to 440 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 36% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1990.

Half of US adults named Raul are older than 42. Most are between 20 and 76.