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Raul

Boy's name · #634 in the US (2025) · 90s wave

Popularity over time

Raul reached its best rank, #190, in 1980 and ranked #634 in 2025. About 88,000 boys have carried it since 1904.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 28 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#91 in Spain (2024) · #116 in Mexico (2024) · #341 in Ecuador (2025) · #867 in Switzerland (2025) · #948 in Austria (2025) · #1,592 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,918 in France (2025) · #3,658 in Canada (2024).

Famous Rauls

• Raúl Castro — Former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba
• Raúl — Spanish association football player
• Raúl Albiol — Spanish association football player
• Raúl Alfonsín — Argentine politician
• Raul Meireles — Portuguese association football player

In stories & tradition

• Raul Bautista — Grand Theft Auto VI (video game)
• Raúl Yebenes — The Exterminating Angel (musical stage work)
• Raul Nord — Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? (novel series)

What Rauls become

Among 2,258 notable people named Raul:

Sports figures appear 1.51× more often than among typical names — e.g. Raúl, Spanish association football player.

Similar names: Alfredo · Rashad · Julio · Ramiro · Roberto · Pedro

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