Rahul
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɹəˈhuɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Rahul is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country, where it is the 38th most common given name. Recorded meaning: Transliteration of Sanskrit राहुल (rāhula).
- BDBangladesh≈1 in 1.5K(inferred from the name graph)
- ARArgentina≈1 in 210as Raul
- PEPeru≈1 in 303as Raul
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Rahul itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Argentina (inferred from the name graph)
- #101 (measured from records)
- 8 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 511 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.5K (inferred from the name graph)
≈220,000 named Raul, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Bangladesh, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Raul in AR Argentina, US United States, PE Peru and 3 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Transliteration of Sanskrit राहुल (rāhula)
Sources 1
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Rahul counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | #38 | ≈220,000 est. | ≈1 in 210 | 197 | Raul | 165 |
| ES Spain | #42 | 142,040as Raul | 1 in 352 | 142K | Raul | 256 |
| US United States | #337 | 131,547as Raul | 1 in 2.5K | 131K | Raul | 511 |
| BD Bangladesh | #243 | ≈110,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | listed | Rahul | 75 |
| PE Peru | #31 | ≈110,000 est. | ≈1 in 303 | — | Raul | 137 |
| CL Chile | #60 | ≈34,000 est. | ≈1 in 542 | 70 | Raul | 155 |
| SV El Salvador | #97 | ≈17,000 est. | ≈1 in 374 | — | Raul | 76 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Rahul is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A male given name from Sanskrit.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Estonian, adessive singular of rahu
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Rahul Bajajb. 1938INIndian politician & businessman
- Rahul Dev Burmanb. 1939INIndian musician (1939–1994)
- Rahul Dholakiab. 1950INIndian film director
- Rahul Boseb. 1967INIndian actor
- Rahul Gandhib. 1970INIndian politician (1970-present)
- Rahul Khannab. 1972INIndian actor
- Rahul Dravidb. 1973INIndian cricketer
- Tunde Adebimpeb. 1975USnot in their usual nameAmerican musician
- Rahul Bhattb. 1982INIndian fitness trainer and actor
- Rahul Kohlib. 1985GBBritish actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 62 sources across 37 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 10K | #2,457 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 204 | #8,888 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 134 | #5,793 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 9 | #2,457 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 8 | — |
| CL Chile | SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) | 2019 | 1 | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Rahul mean, and where does it come from?
- Transliteration of Sanskrit राहुल (rāhula) Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Rahul?
- A machine transcription gives /ɹəˈhuɫ/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- Is Rahul a male or female name?
- Rahul is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Rahul have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 216 thousand people named Raul in Argentina, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Rahul?
- In Spain, the national register counted 142,040 people named Raul, about 1 in 352 residents.
- How common is Rahul compared with other names?
- In Argentina, Rahul is the 38th most common given name of 119,825 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Rahul?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/rahulThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rahul” — the 38th most common given name in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.