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
- Peak · boys
- 1958 · 1,477 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 29,192since 1909
Randal over time
Rank among boys' names. Randal has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #5,208 | 18 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,443 | 17 | |
| 2023 | — | #7,289 | 11 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,184 | 25 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,628 | 21 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,653 | 29 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,639 | 21 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,524 | 31 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,889 | 27 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,199 | 24 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,864 | 41 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,532 | 30 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,753 | 27 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,807 | 27 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,046 | 37 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,730 | 44 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,721 | 28 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,632 | 47 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,337 | 55 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,248 | 56 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,653 | 41 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,051 | 58 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,128 | 52 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,647 | 72 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,982 | 54 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,653 | 70 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,283 | 95 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,322 | 90 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,143 | 108 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,359 | 79 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,053 | 113 | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #948 | 136 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #823 | 165 |
| 1992 | — | #859 | 152 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #762 | 180 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #722 | 199 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #650 | 237 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | #631 | 227 |
| 1987 | #3,624 | 24 | #589 | 236 |
| 1986 | #2,620 | 37 | #582 | 233 |
| 1985 | — | #542 | 262 | |
| 1984 | — | #563 | 231 | |
| 1983 | — | #553 | 231 | |
| 1982 | — | #541 | 253 | |
| 1981 | — | #509 | 275 | |
| 1980 | — | #565 | 233 | |
| 1979 | — | #558 | 237 | |
| 1978 | — | #523 | 246 | |
| 1977 | — | #493 | 271 | |
| 1976 | — | #495 | 260 | |
| 1975 | — | #464 | 302 | |
| 1974 | — | #461 | 299 | |
| 1973 | — | #413 | 357 | |
| 1972 | — | #401 | 383 | |
| 1971 | — | #379 | 451 | |
| 1970 | — | #341 | 559 | |
| 1969 | — | #324 | 574 | |
| 1968 | — | #311 | 591 | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #283 | 659 |
| 1966 | — | #278 | 690 | |
| 1965 | — | #285 | 690 | |
| 1964 | — | #269 | 823 | |
| 1963 | — | #251 | 912 | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #244 | 1,019 |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | #233 | 1,155 |
| 1960 | — | #218 | 1,273 | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #201 | 1,436 |
| 1958 | — | #189 | 1,477 | |
| 1957 | — | #192 | 1,458 | |
| 1956 | — | #203 | 1,321 | |
| 1955 | — | #214 | 1,128 | |
| 1954 | — | #236 | 895 | |
| 1953 | — | #243 | 770 | |
| 1952 | — | #254 | 730 | |
| 1951 | — | #260 | 663 | |
| 1950 | — | #305 | 490 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #324 | 450 |
| 1948 | — | #390 | 306 | |
| 1947 | — | #418 | 267 | |
| 1946 | — | #467 | 187 | |
| 1945 | — | #540 | 122 | |
| 1944 | — | #604 | 103 | |
| 1943 | — | #691 | 87 | |
| 1942 | — | #812 | 63 | |
| 1941 | — | #733 | 71 | |
| 1940 | — | #881 | 51 | |
| 1939 | — | #846 | 52 | |
| 1938 | — | #869 | 51 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,180 | 31 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,095 | 35 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,078 | 36 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,461 | 22 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,498 | 21 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,157 | 34 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,643 | 19 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,235 | 33 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,731 | 19 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,569 | 23 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,034 | 16 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,379 | 28 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,089 | 15 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,727 | 21 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,551 | 24 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,545 | 24 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,829 | 19 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,820 | 19 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,063 | 15 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,539 | 23 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,091 | 14 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,646 | 19 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,600 | 19 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,687 | 14 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,496 | 6 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | #1,020 | 9 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
See more about Randal
- 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)
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 1958 at #189 (1,477 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1938–1994
- 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%)
- 35.5% of all boys named Randal (10,368) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 9 | #1,020 (1909) | #1,020 |
| 1910s | 117 | #1,539 (1918) | #1,896 |
| 1920s | 208 | #1,379 (1926) | #1,727 |
| 1930s | 334 | #846 (1939) | #1,206 |
| 1940s | 1,707 | #324 (1949) | #586 |
| 1950s | 10,368 | #189 (1958) | #230 |
| 1960s | 8,386 | #218 (1960) | #270 |
| 1970s | 3,365 | #341 (1970) | #453 |
| 1980s | 2,418 | #509 (1981) | #573 |
| 1990s | 1,317 | #722 (1990) | #1,027 |
| 2000s | 533 | #1,647 (2002) | #2,305 |
| 2010s | 309 | #2,730 (2010) | #3,598 |
| 2020s | 121 | #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 1994
Top girls' names in 1994
Top boys' names in 1994
More about 1994
girls
1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 255,108 of them was named Randal, which outranked 32.9% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #9,586Zeynep8
- #9,586Zohra8
- #9,586Zurisadai8
- #10,569Randal7
- #10,569Aalia7
- #10,569Aaminah7
- #10,569Aarion7
- #11,778Aala6
- #11,778Aaleeyah6
- #11,778Aariona6
Tied with 1,208 names at #10,569; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 14,206 of them was named Randal, which outranked 90.7% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).