Meaning and history
Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian form of Radulf (see Ralph), also used in several other countries, partly influenced by the Spanish form Raúl.
20062006: 1,355 births, rank #255
2007: 1,387 births, rank #255
2008: 1,180 births, rank #288
2009: 1,015 births, rank #315
2010: 926 births, rank #340
20112011: 835 births, rank #360
2012: 722 births, rank #403
2013: 722 births, rank #409
2014: 727 births, rank #422
2015: 693 births, rank #443
20162016: 652 births, rank #468
2017: 556 births, rank #519
2018: 551 births, rank #513
2019: 552 births, rank #517
2020: 505 births, rank #557
20212021: 455 births, rank #610
2022: 539 births, rank #554
2023: 477 births, rank #594
2024: 466 births, rank #611
20252025: 440 births, rank #634
Raul moved from #612 to #634 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2000, with 1,519 births.