Rande

Last seen for girls in 1997 at #13,724 · Last seen for boys in 1992 at #8,435
Given to boys 69.5% of the time

Showing
Show data for
Peak · boys
1956 · 32 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
428
since 1944

Rande over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #2,002, 1950peak #1,362, 1956girlsboys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997#13,7245
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992#8,4355
1991#11,5096#5,9428
1990
1989#10,8476
1988#8,3918
1987#11,3255
1986#5,3327
1985
1984
1983
1982#5,6196
1981#5,4686
1980
1979#5,3556
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971#3,14610
1970#2,73912
1969#4,4045
1968#3,6736
1967#2,9858
1966
1965#2,17814
1964#3,0508
1963#2,30013
1962#5,8606
1961#4,8828#2,53811
1960#5,1687#1,91018
1959#5,5666#1,80620
1958#4,8907#1,76620
1957#1,43630
1956#4,4678#1,36232
1955#4,7407#1,48327
1954#4,6557#1,43528
1953#2,92114#1,95816
1952#2,92114#1,66521
1951#2,69415#1,48925
1950#2,00223#1,81517
1949#2,51416#1,87216
1948#3,8838#2,11513
1947#4,7646#3,3706
1946#4,4176#2,5349
1945
1944#3,4305
1943
1942
1941
1940
1939
1938
1937
1936
1935
1934
1933
1932
1931
1930
1929
1928
1927
1926
1925
1924
1923
1922
1921
1920
1919
1918
1917
1916
1915
1914
1913
1912
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1944

The first year at least five boys were named Rande! It came in at #3,430, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1944–1945, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Rande
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1992
Rise & fade · boys
12 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1944
  • Peaked 1956 at #1,362 (32 births)
  • Births halved by 1961, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 66,103
  • Highest: 1 in 66,103 boys born in 1956 were named Rande (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 399,482 boys born in 1992 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 55.1% of all boys named Rande (236) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1997
  • Mostly boys until 1996, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s49#1,872 (1949)#2,664
1950s236#1,362 (1956)#1,622
1960s83#1,910 (1960)#2,880
1970s28#2,739 (1970)#3,747
1980s19#5,332 (1986)#5,473
1990s13#5,942 (1991)#7,189

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.

Rande in 1956

girls
#4,467
8 births · 1 in 250,963 girls
boys
#1,362
32 births · 1 in 66,103 boys

Top girls' names in 1956

  1. #1Mary61,741
  2. #2Debra48,324
  3. #3Linda48,084
  4. #4Deborah47,834
  5. #5Susan46,558
  6. #6Patricia43,329
  7. #7Karen40,052
  8. #8Cynthia32,339
  9. #9Barbara32,302
  10. #10Donna29,852
  11. #4,467Rande8

Top boys' names in 1956

  1. #1Michael90,691
  2. #2James84,897
  3. #3Robert83,924
  4. #4David81,652
  5. #5John80,804
  6. #6William58,991
  7. #7Richard52,915
  8. #8Mark48,828
  9. #9Thomas44,836
  10. #10Steven38,413
  11. #1,362Rande32
More about 1956

girls

2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 250,963 of them was named Rande, which outranked 35.2% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rande
  1. #4,161Zenia9
  2. #4,161Zoeann9
  3. #4,161Zula9
  4. #4,467Rande8
  5. #4,467Abra8
  6. #4,467Alesa8
  7. #4,467Allana8
  8. #4,837Adrene7
  9. #4,837Adrien7
  10. #4,837Agapita7

Tied with 369 names at #4,467; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 993Sheena#1,839#846
  2. 770Glendora#1,733#963
  3. 684Leesa#1,209#525
  4. 543Marisa#1,074#531
  5. 537Dani#1,383#846
Fallers
  1. 513Sheilah#663#1,176
  2. 481Jeryl#768#1,249
  3. 344Jacalyn#496#840
  4. 325Roni#536#861
  5. 314Florine#984#1,298

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

boys

2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 66,103 of them was named Rande, which outranked 69.4% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rande
  1. #1,335Sherrill33
  2. #1,335Sid33
  3. #1,335Tillman33
  4. #1,362Rande32
  5. #1,362Carlyle32
  6. #1,362Carolyn32
  7. #1,362Cleon32
  8. #1,385Benjiman31
  9. #1,385Burke31
  10. #1,385Burley31

Tied with 22 names at #1,362; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 1,847Jace#2,764#917
  2. 678Rich#1,572#894
  3. 590Broderick#1,273#683
  4. 559Elvis#921#362
  5. 513Tracey#1,419#906
Fallers
  1. 351Adolphus#906#1,257
  2. 336Randolf#949#1,285
  3. 279Cordell#792#1,071
  4. 272Rudolfo#885#1,157
  5. 269Aurelio#949#1,218

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

See the top 100 for 1956