Raul is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 1995 and has grown less common since.
Raul is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #634 for boy births in the United States (and #1,286 across all names), given to 440 babies. Raul first appears in 1904 and peaked in 2000 (1,519 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 440 | 440 | — | #634 |
| 2024 | 466 | 466 | — | #612 |
| 2023 | 477 | 477 | — | #595 |
| 2022 | 539 | 539 | — | #554 |
| 2021 | 455 | 455 | — | #612 |
| 2020 | 505 | 505 | — | #557 |
| 2019 | 552 | 558 | — | #519 |
| 2018 | 551 | 558 | — | #514 |
| 2017 | 556 | 567 | — | #520 |
| 2016 | 652 | 660 | — | #468 |
| 2015 | 693 | 710 | — | #443 |
| 2014 | 727 | 737 | — | #422 |
| 2013 | 722 | 743 | — | #409 |
| 2012 | 722 | 749 | — | #404 |
| 2011 | 835 | 870 | — | #360 |
| 2010 | 926 | 965 | — | #340 |
| 2009 | 1,015 | 1,059 | — | #315 |
| 2008 | 1,185 | 1,228 | #19,798 | #288 |
| 2007 | 1,387 | 1,424 | — | #255 |
| 2006 | 1,355 | 1,410 | — | #255 |
| 2005 | 1,340 | 1,395 | #12,752 | #248 |
| 2004 | 1,386 | 1,448 | #18,175 | #242 |
| 2003 | 1,407 | 1,486 | #15,320 | #238 |
| 2002 | 1,407 | 1,489 | — | #240 |
| 2001 | 1,439 | 1,538 | — | #235 |
| 2000 | 1,519 | 1,606 | — | #223 |
| 1999 | 1,474 | 1,574 | #16,280 | #228 |
| 1998 | 1,373 | 1,456 | — | #232 |
| 1997 | 1,412 | — | #13,338 | #219 |
| 1996 | 1,499 | — | #13,068 | #207 |
| 1995 | 1,521 | — | #9,364 | #201 |
| 1994 | 1,457 | — | #15,161 | #199 |
| 1993 | 1,511 | — | #6,531 | #205 |
| 1992 | 1,500 | — | #7,402 | #207 |
| 1991 | 1,458 | — | — | #214 |
| 1990 | 1,475 | — | #6,379 | #209 |
| 1989 | 1,369 | — | #7,888 | #209 |
| 1988 | 1,247 | — | #6,574 | #212 |
| 1987 | 1,196 | — | #6,228 | #211 |
| 1986 | 1,179 | — | #5,131 | #208 |
| 1985 | 1,119 | — | #6,343 | #218 |
| 1984 | 1,119 | — | #5,459 | #208 |
| 1983 | 1,155 | — | #5,074 | #208 |
| 1982 | 1,233 | — | #6,731 | #202 |
| 1981 | 1,325 | — | #8,799 | #190 |
| 1980 | 1,300 | — | #5,813 | #190 |
| 1979 | 1,119 | — | — | #212 |
| 1978 | 1,044 | — | #7,454 | #209 |
| 1977 | 1,026 | — | #6,216 | #217 |
| 1976 | 1,119 | — | #7,099 | #199 |
| 1975 | 1,049 | — | #5,414 | #208 |
| 1974 | 1,077 | — | #4,943 | #209 |
| 1973 | 966 | — | #7,227 | #225 |
| 1972 | 1,057 | — | #7,080 | #212 |
| 1971 | 1,125 | — | #5,882 | #211 |
| 1970 | 1,050 | — | #4,696 | #227 |
| 1969 | 843 | — | — | #249 |
| 1968 | 894 | — | #5,050 | #241 |
| 1967 | 867 | — | #3,439 | #240 |
| 1966 | 850 | — | #6,382 | #247 |
| 1965 | 803 | — | #4,436 | #263 |
| 1964 | 836 | — | — | #266 |
| 1963 | 860 | — | #5,184 | #262 |
| 1962 | 823 | — | #5,715 | #268 |
| 1961 | 886 | — | #7,302 | #267 |
| 1960 | 910 | — | #7,090 | #264 |
| 1959 | 853 | — | #5,445 | #272 |
| 1958 | 870 | — | #6,801 | #265 |
| 1957 | 846 | — | — | #259 |
| 1956 | 820 | — | #4,742 | #252 |
| 1955 | 810 | — | #3,530 | #249 |
| 1954 | 787 | — | #6,429 | #248 |
| 1953 | 746 | — | #4,512 | #255 |
| 1952 | 718 | — | #6,222 | #256 |
| 1951 | 709 | — | #6,042 | #251 |
| 1950 | 651 | — | #5,926 | #255 |
| 1949 | 646 | — | — | #254 |
| 1948 | 615 | — | — | #267 |
| 1947 | 577 | — | #5,940 | #288 |
| 1946 | 487 | — | #5,542 | #295 |
| 1945 | 487 | — | — | #268 |
| 1944 | 398 | — | #5,100 | #301 |
| 1943 | 371 | — | — | #318 |
| 1942 | 345 | — | — | #325 |
| 1941 | 296 | — | #4,934 | #337 |
| 1940 | 304 | — | — | #325 |
| 1939 | 327 | — | #4,801 | #311 |
| 1938 | 308 | — | #4,851 | #315 |
| 1937 | 264 | — | — | #336 |
| 1936 | 287 | — | #4,733 | #321 |
| 1935 | 324 | — | — | #303 |
| 1934 | 322 | — | #3,107 | #307 |
| 1933 | 328 | — | #3,352 | #296 |
| 1932 | 338 | — | — | #303 |
| 1931 | 364 | — | — | #290 |
| 1930 | 413 | — | #5,110 | #281 |
| 1929 | 429 | — | #3,981 | #271 |
| 1928 | 375 | — | — | #293 |
| 1927 | 361 | — | — | #304 |
| 1926 | 306 | — | — | #328 |
| 1925 | 282 | — | — | #349 |
| 1924 | 307 | — | — | #331 |
| 1923 | 217 | — | — | #408 |
| 1922 | 203 | — | — | #422 |
| 1921 | 195 | — | — | #439 |
| 1920 | 179 | — | — | #455 |
| 1919 | 109 | — | — | #575 |
| 1918 | 101 | — | — | #614 |
| 1917 | 93 | — | — | #616 |
| 1916 | 82 | — | — | #647 |
| 1915 | 88 | — | — | #615 |
| 1914 | 51 | — | — | #740 |
| 1913 | 53 | — | — | #609 |
| 1912 | 29 | — | — | #831 |
| 1911 | 18 | — | — | #787 |
| 1910 | 16 | — | — | #776 |
| 1909 | 10 | — | — | #1,008 |
| 1908 | 8 | — | — | #1,096 |
| 1906 | 9 | — | — | #909 |
| 1904 | 8 | — | — | #945 |