Randell

Where Randell comes from

Randell hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,544 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1958
    Peak, #449
    304 babies named Randell — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1971
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #672.
  4. 1976
    Randell Jackson born
    American basketball player
  5. 1991
    Randell Johnson born
    American football player
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Randell Jackson · American basketball player, born 1976
  • Randell Johnson · American football player, born 1991
  • Randell Williams · English association football player, born 1996

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.