# Raoul (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/raoul/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,915 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,915 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 96, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 14 | 6,358 |
| 2010 | 6 | 11,858 |
| 2011 | 6 | 11,934 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9,507 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,479 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11,800 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8,570 |
| 2017 | 13 | 6,591 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10,487 |
| 2019 | 7 | 10,561 |
| 2020 | 6 | 11,681 |
| 2021 | 8 | 9,497 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,831 |
| 2023 | 5 | 13,709 |
| 2024 | 5 | 13,783 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 9 | 1,467 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3,225 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2,857 |
| 2004 | 5 | 2,578 |
| 2006 | 9 | 1,892 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |

## People named Raoul

- Raoul Dufy, French painter (1877–1953)
- Raoul Walsh, American film director and actor (1887–1980)
- Raoul Hausmann, Austrian photographer and sculptor (1886–1971)
- Raoul Lambert, Belgian footballer
- Raoul Peck, film director (born 1953)
- Raoul Diagne, French footballer (1910–2002)
- Raoul Salan, French general and right-wing terrorist (1899–1984)
- Raoul Trujillo, American actor and dancer
- Raoul Servais, Belgian filmmaker and artist (1928–2023)
- Raoul Vaneigem, Belgian writer (1934-2026)
- Raoul Coutard, French cinematographer (1924-2016)
- Raoul Paoli, French rugby union footballer and sportsman (1887-1960)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.