Randal

Last seen for girls in 1994 at #10,569 · #5,208 for boys in 2025, 18 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1958 · 1,477 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
29,192
since 1909

Randal over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Randal has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201952peak #189, 1958boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#5,20818
2024—#5,44317
2023—#7,28911
2022—#4,18425
2021—#4,62821
2020—#3,65329
2019—#4,63921
2018—#3,52431
2017—#3,88927
2016—#4,19924
2015—#2,86441
2014—#3,53230
2013—#3,75327
2012—#3,80727
2011—#3,04637
2010—#2,73044
2009—#3,72128
2008—#2,63247
2007—#2,33755
2006—#2,24856
2005—#2,65341
2004—#2,05158
2003—#2,12852
2002—#1,64772
2001—#1,98254
2000—#1,65370
1999—#1,28395
1998—#1,32290
1997—#1,143108
1996—#1,35979
1995—#1,053113
1994#10,5697#948136
1993#13,4425#823165
1992—#859152
1991#13,1475#762180
1990#9,2478#722199
1989#9,6817#650237
1988#6,66611#631227
1987#3,62424#589236
1986#2,62037#582233
1985—#542262
1984—#563231
1983—#553231
1982—#541253
1981—#509275
1980—#565233
1979—#558237
1978—#523246
1977—#493271
1976—#495260
1975—#464302
1974—#461299
1973—#413357
1972—#401383
1971—#379451
1970—#341559
1969—#324574
1968—#311591
1967#6,0426#283659
1966—#278690
1965—#285690
1964—#269823
1963—#251912
1962#6,5785#2441,019
1961#5,8516#2331,155
1960—#2181,273
1959#5,5666#2011,436
1958—#1891,477
1957—#1921,458
1956—#2031,321
1955—#2141,128
1954—#236895
1953—#243770
1952—#254730
1951—#260663
1950—#305490
1949#5,2445#324450
1948—#390306
1947—#418267
1946—#467187
1945—#540122
1944—#604103
1943—#69187
1942—#81263
1941—#73371
1940—#88151
1939—#84652
1938—#86951
1937—#1,18031
1936—#1,09535
1935—#1,07836
1934—#1,46122
1933—#1,49821
1932—#1,15734
1931—#1,64319
1930—#1,23533
1929—#1,73119
1928—#1,56923
1927—#2,03416
1926—#1,37928
1925—#2,08915
1924—#1,72721
1923—#1,55124
1922—#1,54524
1921—#1,82919
1920—#1,82019
1919—#2,06315
1918—#1,53923
1917—#2,09114
1916—#1,64619
1915—#1,60019
1914—#1,68714
1913—#2,4966
1912—#2,0457
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First appearance
1909

The first year at least five boys were named Randal! It came in at #1,020, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1910–1911, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Randal is popular in 1952

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Randal, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Randal, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Randal, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Randal, so not publishedNHWashington: #172 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 1,360 boysWAIdaho: #129 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 658 boysIDMontana: #164 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,021 boysMTNorth Dakota: #141 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 847 boysNDMinnesota: #173 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,797 boysMNIllinois: #207 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 2,096 boysILWisconsin: #144 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 1,328 boysWIMichigan: #210 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 2,406 boysMINew York: #405 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 9,155 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Randal, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Randal, so not publishedRIOregon: #179 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,323 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Randal, so not publishedNVWyoming: #116 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 573 boysWYSouth Dakota: #102 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 558 boysSDIowa: #141 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 996 boysIAIndiana: #167 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 1,400 boysINOhio: #250 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 3,623 boysOHPennsylvania: #282 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 5,610 boysPANew Jersey: #333 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,651 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Randal, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #231 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 2,159 boysCAUtah: #169 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,105 boysUTColorado: #179 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,284 boysCONebraska: #170 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,299 boysNEMissouri: #230 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 2,467 boysMOKentucky: #226 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 2,098 boysKYWest Virginia: #213 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,980 boysWVVirginia: #452 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,216 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Randal, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Randal, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Randal, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Randal, so not publishedNMKansas: #161 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,073 boysKSArkansas: #262 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,383 boysARTennessee: #200 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 1,790 boysTNNorth Carolina: #437 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 6,654 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Randal, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Randal, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #234 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,005 boysOKLouisiana: #396 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,698 boysLAMississippi: #431 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,766 boysMSAlabama: #260 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 2,428 boysALGeorgia: #370 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 5,188 boysGAHawaii: #224 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,338 boysHITexas: #247 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 1,692 boysTXFlorida: #313 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,550 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Dakota#102 · 1 in 558
  2. Wyoming#116 · 1 in 573
  3. Idaho#129 · 1 in 658
  4. North Dakota#141 · 1 in 847
  5. Iowa#141 · 1 in 996

Best ever in a state: #64 in Wyoming, 1954.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#102151 in 558
Wyoming#11661 in 573
Idaho#129111 in 658
Iowa#141311 in 996
North Dakota#14191 in 847
Wisconsin#144321 in 1,328
Kansas#161211 in 1,073
Montana#16471 in 1,021
Indiana#167361 in 1,400
Utah#169101 in 1,105
Nebraska#170121 in 1,299
Washington#172221 in 1,360
Minnesota#173211 in 1,797
Colorado#179141 in 1,284
Oregon#179141 in 1,323
Tennessee#200221 in 1,790
Illinois#207481 in 2,096
Michigan#210361 in 2,406
West Virginia#213121 in 1,980
Hawaii#22451 in 1,338
Kentucky#226171 in 2,098
Missouri#230181 in 2,467
California#231651 in 2,159
Oklahoma#234121 in 2,005
Texas#247681 in 1,692
Ohio#250281 in 3,623
Alabama#260161 in 2,428
Arkansas#26291 in 2,383
Pennsylvania#282211 in 5,610
Florida#313101 in 3,550
New Jersey#33361 in 8,651
Georgia#37091 in 5,188
Louisiana#39681 in 4,698
New York#405181 in 9,155
Mississippi#43151 in 5,766
North Carolina#43781 in 6,654
Virginia#45251 in 8,216
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Randal
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 235 spots since 2024 (#5,443 → #5,208)
  • 1,555 spots since 2020 (#3,653 → #5,208)
  • 2,344 spots since 2015 (#2,864 → #5,208)
  • Biggest jump: 311 spots in 1938 (#1,180 → #869)
  • Biggest drop: 125 spots in 1994 (#823 → #948)
Rise & fade · boys
49 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1909
  • Peaked 1958 at #189 (1,477 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 57 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1938–1994
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,437
  • Highest: 1 in 1,437 boys born in 1958 were named Randal (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 94,893 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 35.5% of all boys named Randal (10,368) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s9#1,020 (1909)#1,020
1910s117#1,539 (1918)#1,896
1920s208#1,379 (1926)#1,727
1930s334#846 (1939)#1,206
1940s1,707#324 (1949)#586
1950s10,368#189 (1958)#230
1960s8,386#218 (1960)#270
1970s3,365#341 (1970)#453
1980s2,418#509 (1981)#573
1990s1,317#722 (1990)#1,027
2000s533#1,647 (2002)#2,305
2010s309#2,730 (2010)#3,598
2020s121#3,653 (2020)#5,068

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Randal in 1952

boys
#254
730 births · 1 in 2,663 boys

Top boys' names in 1952

  1. #1James87,065
  2. #2Robert86,588
  3. #3John83,140
  4. #4Michael79,037
  5. #5David71,752
  6. #6William63,039
  7. #7Richard58,350
  8. #8Thomas48,647
  9. #9Charles38,866
  10. #10Gary38,754
  11. #254Randal730
More about 1952

boys

1,943,633 boys got a published name in 1952; 1 in 2,663 of them was named Randal, which outranked 94.0% of the 4,257 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Randal
  1. #251Luther741
  2. #252Rickie734
  3. #253Gregg733
  4. #254Randal730
  5. #255Ben718
  6. #256Raul713
  7. #257Lance707
Biggest movers since 1951
Risers
  1. ↑ 753Darren#1,598 → #845
  2. ↑ 372Robby#1,242 → #870
  3. ↑ 355Cris#1,218 → #863
  4. ↑ 301Ethan#1,295 → #994
  5. ↑ 280Adan#1,150 → #870
Fallers
  1. ↓ 477Ottis#984 → #1,461
  2. ↓ 408Wayland#915 → #1,323
  3. ↓ 330Mcarthur#806 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 305Arvin#963 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 285Levon#881 → #1,166

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1952 →