Randall

Last seen for girls in 2004 at #16,099 · #1,499 for boys in 2025, 117 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
1955 · 6,688 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
23 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
198,592
since 1880

Randall over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #53, 1955boys
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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#1,499117
2024#1,608106
2023#1,266152
2022#1,264153
2021#1,195164
2020#1,053190
2019#1,085184
2018#995208
2017#951219
2016#1,029194
2015#1,039193
2014#898239
2013#827260
2012#857246
2011#853250
2010#841251
2009#747308
2008#699337
2007#698334
2006#622382
2005#602375
2004#16,0995#570399
2003#13,8446#526443
2002#15,4325#513444
2001#467509
2000#440543
1999#11,3857#397619
1998#14,1225#384651
1997#339763
1996#11,8076#321825
1995#10,5147#296898
1994#7,60411#2671,063
1993#8,7199#2431,186
1992#5,71816#2341,232
1991#10,2717#2111,482
1990#4,12024#1921,603
1989#3,89325#1621,848
1988#2,74438#1531,796
1987#1,64774#1501,833
1986#1,38093#1481,889
1985#3,08429#1461,908
1984#4,73715#1481,847
1983#3,94919#1292,060
1982#3,78021#1302,111
1981#4,16218#1372,010
1980#4,32717#1362,024
1979#4,42016#1352,013
1978#4,45915#1341,971
1977#4,94213#1401,920
1976#4,15415#1331,982
1975#4,37014#1212,125
1974#5,36010#1232,117
1973#6,6667#1212,172
1972#3,06221#1202,354
1971#3,78916#1023,100
1970#3,03022#1003,271
1969#2,76823#853,562
1968#2,87420#793,751
1967#2,70621#724,062
1966#3,40014#704,448
1965#3,54913#734,752
1964#3,24416#665,511
1963#2,42425#655,972
1962#2,92218#646,236
1961#2,41125#636,587
1960#2,30726#597,174
1959#2,76018#597,059
1958#2,16727#626,326
1957#2,21825#596,675
1956#2,92916#546,913
1955#2,15625#536,688
1954#2,59218#556,549
1953#2,81215#645,973
1952#2,32720#625,892
1951#2,24520#665,532
1950#1,57635#704,843
1949#1,91725#794,161
1948#2,07022#983,179
1947#1,94625#1062,785
1946#2,48215#1232,064
1945#2,59812#1491,392
1944#2,76211#1561,242
1943#3,8017#1711,027
1942#4,6225#203760
1941#213633
1940#233531
1939#231505
1938#272411
1937#288354
1936#323277
1935#320288
1934#325277
1933#353233
1932#379219
1931#388209
1930#368241
1929#4,5705#406205
1928#425196
1927#407219
1926#387230
1925#420204
1924#440193
1923#437193
1922#479166
1921#464175
1920#466171
1919#454167
1918#432185
1917#452157
1916#446156
1915#435156
1914#454111
1913#43297
1912#52157
1911#51433
1910#63421
1909#75614
1908#42232
1907#49522
1906#79810
1905#1,0916
1904#51518
1903#59514
1902#53616
1901#7798
1900#60317
1899#1,0515
1898#63512
1897#58413
1896#72210
1895#7958
1894#63111
1893#61511
1892#9566
1891#7667
1890#8846
1889#52513
1888#9176
1887#6319
1886#7587
1885
1884#57011
1883#55611
1882#48914
1881#5959
1880#6828
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Randall was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Randall
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 109 spots since 2024 (#1,608#1,499)
  • 446 spots since 2020 (#1,053#1,499)
  • 460 spots since 2015 (#1,039#1,499)
  • Biggest jump: 448 spots in 1900 (#1,051#603)
  • Biggest drop: 576 spots in 1905 (#515#1,091)
Rise & fade · boys
75 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1955 at #53 (6,688 births)
  • Births halved by 1970, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 23 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 23 yrs · run 1948–1970
  • Top 1,000: 134 yrs · run 1906–2014
Share of babies · boys
1 in 297
  • Highest: 1 in 297 boys born in 1960 were named Randall (0.34%)
  • Latest: 1 in 14,599 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #53 in 1955, was only 1 in 308 (0.32%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 31.4% of all boys named Randall (62,450) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s88#489 (1882)#636
1890s89#584 (1897)#764
1900s157#422 (1908)#659
1910s1,140#432 (1918)#477
1920s1,952#387 (1926)#433
1930s3,014#231 (1939)#325
1940s17,774#79 (1949)#153
1950s62,450#53 (1955)#60
1960s52,055#59 (1960)#70
1970s23,025#100 (1970)#123
1980s19,326#129 (1983)#144
1990s10,322#192 (1990)#288
2000s4,074#440 (2000)#588
2010s2,244#827 (2013)#938
2020s882#1,053 (2020)#1,314

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.

Randall in 1972

girls
#3,062
21 births · 1 in 72,440 girls
boys
#120
2,354 births · 1 in 689 boys

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #3,062Randall21

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #120Randall2,354
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 72,440 of them was named Randall, which outranked 68.3% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Randall
  1. #2,976Wonda22
  2. #2,976Yolando22
  3. #2,976Zanetta22
  4. #3,062Randall21
  5. #3,062Agatha21
  6. #3,062Aime21
  7. #3,062Alene21
  8. #3,177Abra20
  9. #3,177Alanda20
  10. #3,177Anamaria20

Tied with 114 names at #3,062; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. 5,804Camisha#6,619#815
  2. 3,921Catina#4,123#202
  3. 1,842Cherilyn#2,665#823
  4. 1,789Chasity#2,542#753
  5. 1,694Keena#2,542#848
Fallers
  1. 517Shayla#836#1,353
  2. 428Raina#798#1,226
  3. 280Kendall#742#1,022
  4. 275Alycia#951#1,226
  5. 255Charisse#727#982

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

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 689 of them was named Randall, which outranked 97.9% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Randall
  1. #117Martin2,421
  2. #118Henry2,418
  3. #119Arthur2,394
  4. #120Randall2,354
  5. #121Bruce2,313
  6. #121Darrell2,313
  7. #123Allen2,302
Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. 2,755Demond#3,146#391
  2. 1,286Cade#2,279#993
  3. 905Vidal#1,526#621
  4. 855Damond#1,784#929
  5. 849Kareem#1,254#405
Fallers
  1. 413Rich#914#1,327
  2. 401Monroe#947#1,348
  3. 317Laura#990#1,307
  4. 309Von#976#1,285
  5. 309Westley#998#1,307

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

See the top 100 for 1972