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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #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 1978

girls
#4,459
15 births · 1 in 102,124 girls
boys
#134
1,971 births · 1 in 833 boys

Top girls' names in 1978

  1. #1Jennifer56,314
  2. #2Melissa28,327
  3. #3Jessica26,102
  4. #4Amy23,213
  5. #5Heather22,270
  6. #6Amanda20,520
  7. #7Angela20,517
  8. #8Sarah19,976
  9. #9Michelle18,856
  10. #10Nicole17,279
  11. #4,459Randall15

Top boys' names in 1978

  1. #1Michael67,127
  2. #2Jason51,600
  3. #3Christopher47,236
  4. #4David40,684
  5. #5James39,894
  6. #6Matthew34,282
  7. #7John34,014
  8. #8Robert33,374
  9. #9Brian29,432
  10. #10Joseph26,663
  11. #134Randall1,971
More about 1978

girls

1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 102,124 of them was named Randall, which outranked 61.1% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Randall
  1. #4,242Wanita16
  2. #4,242Xavier16
  3. #4,242Zenia16
  4. #4,459Randall15
  5. #4,459Adelia15
  6. #4,459Akesha15
  7. #4,459Akira15
  8. #4,679Addy14
  9. #4,679Aiyana14
  10. #4,679Akila14

Tied with 219 names at #4,459; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. 4,240Aja#4,652#412
  2. 1,987Kiley#2,606#619
  3. 1,951Kylee#2,838#887
  4. 1,785Winter#2,780#995
  5. 1,620Kylie#2,026#406
Fallers
  1. 913Shalon#868#1,781
  2. 760Farah#854#1,614
  3. 519Tennille#462#981
  4. 398Shawnte#740#1,138
  5. 362Farrah#177#539

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

boys

1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 833 of them was named Randall, which outranked 98.0% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Randall
  1. #131Walter1,991
  2. #132Damon1,981
  3. #133Lee1,980
  4. #134Randall1,971
  5. #134Lance1,971
  6. #136Lucas1,953
  7. #137Gerald1,889
  8. #138Wayne1,888

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. 3,237Dequan#4,164#927
  2. 626Nicholaus#1,367#741
  3. 617Nicklaus#1,515#898
  4. 578Zebulon#1,476#898
  5. 424Anwar#1,121#697
Fallers
  1. 674Kinte#834#1,508
  2. 668Kunta#572#1,240
  3. 417Telly#732#1,149
  4. 415Lesley#937#1,352
  5. 310Amin#904#1,214

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

See the top 100 for 1978