Rand

Where Rand comes from

From Afrikaans rand, from English rand; compare English rand.
— Wiktionary's entry for Rand
Along the way
  1. 1913
    First appearance
    #2,273 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1918
    Rand Brooks born
    actor and rancher
  3. 1952
    Peak, #653
    112 babies named Rand — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1960
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,021.
  5. 1963
    Rand Paul born
    United States Senator from Kentucky since 2011
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given names Randall and Randolph.
Namesakes
  • Rand Paul · United States Senator from Kentucky since 2011, born 1963
  • Rand Brooks · actor and rancher, 1918–2003
  • Rand Saad · Iraqi archer, born 1994
  • Rand Miller · American businessman, born 1959
  • Rand Ravich · American screenwriter, director and producer, born 2000

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.