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Baby name

Raoul

Boy

Origin of the name

Raoul is the French form of Ralph, from the Old High German Radulf, made of words meaning “counsel” and “wolf.”

Classic name

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1928 was its best year: 53 births, or 1 baby in 42,658. It has stood the test of time: births were recorded in 122 of the 146 years since 1880. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published.
2,915births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 927rank at its peak, in 1928

Where babies named Raoul are born

1928

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The darker the blue, the more common Raoul is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Raoul is most common in California (5.6 times), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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