Raul

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Raul: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Raul: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #382 in 2014, and it stood at #785 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
45times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#382highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1765
1997	#2022
1998	#1263
1999	#1281
2000	#773
2001	#1078
2002	#753
2003	#680
2004	#703
2005	#850
2006	#863
2007	#987
2008	#1024
2009	#831
2010	#1201
2011	#1303
2012	#1270
2013	#1339
2014	#1117
2015	#903
2016	#833
2017	#673
2018	#777
2019	#844
2020	#845
2021	#738
2022	#825
2023	#965
2024	#1402

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1402 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1765 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2002–2024
Highest recorded position: #382 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2014 (recorded 2002–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1402 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Raul appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 768 births with the name.

Raul across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Raul's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1765 (1996)	#673 (2017)	#1402 (2024)	29 of 29	768 (1996–2024)	52 (2017)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#451 (2002)	#382 (2014)	#785 (2024)	16 of 23	69 (2002–2024)	10 (2014)

Raul by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Raul in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	31	4 of 10	8
2000s	265	10 of 10	27
2010s	303	10 of 10	30
2020sbusiest	169	5 of 10	34

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 34 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Raul appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #382 in Republic of Ireland in 2014.

Raul's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1402	19	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#965	31	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#825	38	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#738	46	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#845	35	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#844	36	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#777	42	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#673	52	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#833	38	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#903	33	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1117	24	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1339	18	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1270	20	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1303	19	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1201	21	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#831	34	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1024	25	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#987	25	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#863	28	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#850	27	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#703	33	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#680	32	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#753	25	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1078	14	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#773	22	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1281	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1263	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#646	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#554	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#382	10	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#444	7	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #382, first reached in 2014.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 52 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2002, and 6 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kaylen · #382, 29y
Ossian · #382, 26y
Agatha · #380, 33y
Aspen · #384, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Kaylen · #382, 29y
Ossian · #382, 26y
Ramsay · #382, 19y
Rubie · #382, 29y

Raul was ranked #382 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2014. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Raul and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Raul without appearing here.

Raul moved ahead of

Robyn Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1765 and #1765 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #773 and #3036.
Graeme Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1281 and #1281 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #773 and #2501.
Anders Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2022 and #1761 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #1263 and #2074.
Tayla Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2022 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #1263 and #2074.

Moved ahead of Raul

Hunter Compare
In 2009 they stood at #831 and #848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1201 and #625.
Kasper Compare
In 2009 they stood at #831 and #944 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1201 and #668.
Hudson Compare
In 2006 they stood at #863 and #885 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #987 and #538.
Mathias Compare
In 2022 they stood at #572 and #779 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #770 and #396.

Moved the opposite way to Raul

Garry Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Raul went from #1765 to #965 while Garry went from #573 to #4991.
Graeme Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Raul went from #1765 to #965 while Graeme went from #755 to #4107.
Nicola Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Raul went from #1765 to #965 while Nicola went from #2863 to #4107.
Brent Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Raul went from #1765 to #825 while Brent went from #898 to #3449.

Moved the same way as Raul

Aaron Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Raul went from #451 to #785 and Aaron from #12 to #79.
Adam Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Raul went from #451 to #785 and Adam from #3 to #25.
Alan Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Raul went from #451 to #785 and Alan from #60 to #240.
Andrew Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Raul went from #451 to #785 and Andrew from #41 to #106.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #382 in Republic of Ireland in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Raul

Raul at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Raul across 2 official records

Raul by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Popularity data

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Raul across 2 official records

Raul by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Raul moved ahead of

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