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Raul

Gender
Boy
Say it
ra-OOL
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#1,613 for boys
US rank, 2025
#634 for boys

Raul is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “counsel wolf”. In 2025 it ranked 1,613th for boys in the UK (17 babies) and 634th for boys in the US (440 babies).

What does Raul mean?

Germanic: Spanish and Portuguese form of Ralph, via French Raoul

“counsel wolf”

The Spanish and Portuguese form of Ralph, from the Germanic Radulf via the French Raoul.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Raul a girl's or a boy's name?

Raul is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the UK and 440 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Raul in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,613among boys
Babies in 2025
17about 1 in 18,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 42% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were named Raul, making it the 1,613th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 914th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 53 boys.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Raul than any year since 2001.

Half of all the boys named Raul in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,537th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 53 in 20172025
Raul in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202517#1,613
202419#1,470
202331#1,049
202239#883
202147#788
202035#914
201937#889
201843#826
201753#727
201638#902
201536#924
201425#1,162
201319#1,398
201220#1,342
201119#1,385
201021#1,288
200934#900
200826#1,071
200728#973
200628#939
200527#917
200433#763
200332#737
200225#821
200114#1,149
200023#812
199910#1,352
199811#1,259
19975#2,109
19967#1,652

How popular is Raul in the US?

Rank in 2025
#634among boys
Babies in 2025
440about 1 in 3,900 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 14% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 440 boys in the US were named Raul, making it the 634th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 557th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 1,519 boys. It first appears in the records in 1904.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Raul than any year since 1944.

Half of all the boys named Raul in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.

1904Busiest: 1,519 in 20002025
Raul in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025440#634
2024466#611
2023477#594
2022539#554
2021455#610
2020505#557
2019552#517
2018551#513
2017556#519
2016652#468
2015693#443
2014727#422
2013722#409
2012722#403
2011835#360
2010926#340
20091,015#315
20081,180#288
20071,387#255
20061,355#255
20051,332#248
20041,381#242
20031,401#238
20021,407#240
20011,439#235
20001,519#223
19991,469#228
19981,373#232
19971,406#219
19961,493#207
19951,512#201
19941,452#199
19931,497#204
19921,488#207
19911,458#214
19901,461#209
19891,359#209
19881,235#212
19871,184#211
19861,164#208
19851,108#218
19841,106#208
19831,141#208
19821,223#202
19811,318#190
19801,288#189
19791,119#212
19781,036#209
19771,016#217
19761,111#199
19751,038#208
19741,065#209
1973959#225
19721,050#212
19711,116#211
19701,038#226
1969843#248
1968885#241
1967852#240
1966844#247
1965793#263
1964836#265
1963852#262
1962816#268
1961881#267
1960905#263
1959846#272
1958865#264
1957846#259
1956812#252
1955798#249
1954782#248
1953738#255
1952713#256
1951704#251
1950646#255
1949646#254
1948615#266
1947572#288
1946482#295
1945487#268
1944393#301
1943371#318
1942345#325
1941291#337
1940304#325
1939322#310
1938303#315
1937264#334
1936282#320
1935324#302
1934313#307
1933320#296
1932338#302
1931364#290
1930408#281
1929422#271
1928375#292
1927361#304
1926306#328
1925282#349
1924307#331
1923217#408
1922203#421
1921195#437
1920179#454
1919109#574
1918101#611
191793#616
191682#647
191588#614
191451#734
191353#604
191229#816
191118#758
191016#755
190910#951
19088#1,021
19070–
19069#852
19050–
19048#874

Names like Raul

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Names related to Raul

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Raul: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raul, updated 20 October 2026.