Quick answers about Raoul
How many people are named Raoul?
An estimated 1,364 living Americans are named Raoul.
How rare is Raoul?
Raoul fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Raoul?
The median age of a living American named Raoul is approximately 54 years, with most bearers falling between 36 and 67 years old.
Is Raoul still popular?
Not especially. Raoul has been declining since its 1928 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Raoul most common?
Raoul has its strongest geographic signal in Massachusetts, where it appears 3.9× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Raoul is most concentrated in California — about 2.6× the national rate in the 1950s.
States where Raoul is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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