Raoul

Boy · recorded 1880–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1897best year

Most popular in 1897.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

0408018801916195219882024

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 122 recorded years as a table
Raoul, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188063
189063
189149
189780
189947
190040
190560
190653
190852
191041
191140
191237
191355
191437
191549
191636
191751
191841
191942
192036
192137
192228
192341
192438
192538
192637
192731
192848
192942
193041
193145
193241
193330
193437
193536
193637
193724
193827
193927
194030
194120
194226
194326
194415
194519
194618
194711
194819
194920
195019
195123
195214
195321
195416
195521
195622
195713
195816
195918
196016
196120
196218
196313
196416
196512
196610
196718
196818
196916
197020
197122
197214
197321
197411
197519
197616
197711
197818
197915
198012
198112
198213
198312
19847
19858
198611
19875
19889
19899
19907
19919
199213
19935
19947
19958
19968
19976
19989
19996
20006
20013
20028
20035
20046
20056
20075
20084
20097
20103
20113
20124
20134
20143
20155
20177
20184
20194
20203
20215
20225
20233
20243

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Raoul isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2024
5
Rank in 2024
#12,349
How rare
1 in 344,577 boys
Since 1880
2,915

Raoul was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1897, at 80 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Raoul doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.