Randol

Last seen for boys in 2006 at #10,662

Peak · boys
1956 · 23 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
572
since 1920

Randol over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Randol has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #1,642, 1956boys
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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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rankbirths
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2006#10,6626
2005#7,6409
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1999#9,9125
1998#8,4796
1997
1996#7,9716
1995
1994#8,8005
1993#8,7005
1992
1991#8,2365
1990
1989#6,2297
1988
1987
1986#6,7215
1985#4,05210
1984#4,9737
1983
1982#4,2349
1981
1980
1979#5,3556
1978#3,21512
1977#4,5827
1976
1975#5,4645
1974#5,2275
1973#4,5056
1972#4,9865
1971#3,9637
1970#2,62113
1969#2,86110
1968#3,3657
1967#2,7609
1966#2,13214
1965#2,7809
1964#3,0508
1963#3,6466
1962#2,18614
1961#1,82320
1960#2,12115
1959#1,75921
1958#2,09315
1957#1,71522
1956#1,64223
1955#1,79119
1954#1,76219
1953#1,90017
1952#1,74919
1951#1,68320
1950#1,81517
1949#2,02214
1948#2,32611
1947#2,49810
1946#3,1736
1945#2,24210
1944
1943#2,7328
1942#3,5605
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1938#3,5345
1937#3,5185
1936#3,5495
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1933#3,2686
1932
1931#3,7635
1930
1929#3,9595
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1926#4,2015
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1922#3,5327
1921#4,3225
1920#4,2865
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First appearance
1920

The first year at least five boys were named Randol! It came in at #4,286, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1923–1932, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Randol
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
Rise & fade · boys
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1920
  • Peaked 1956 at #1,642 (23 births)
  • Births halved by 1963, 7 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 91,970
  • Highest: 1 in 91,970 boys born in 1956 were named Randol (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 342,546 boys born in 2006 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 33.6% of all boys named Randol (192) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s27#3,532 (1922)#4,060
1930s26#3,268 (1933)#3,526
1940s64#2,022 (1949)#2,650
1950s192#1,642 (1956)#1,791
1960s112#1,823 (1961)#2,672
1970s66#2,621 (1970)#4,435
1980s38#4,052 (1985)#5,242
1990s32#7,971 (1996)#8,683
2000s15#7,640 (2005)#9,151

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.

Randol in 1956

boys
#1,642
23 births · 1 in 91,970 boys

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. #1,642Randol23
More about 1956

boys

2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 91,970 of them was named Randol, which outranked 63.1% 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 Randol
  1. #1,608Sanders24
  2. #1,608Verlyn24
  3. #1,608Vicky24
  4. #1,642Randol23
  5. #1,642Alvino23
  6. #1,642Bernice23
  7. #1,642Braden23
  8. #1,676Adlai22
  9. #1,676Arron22
  10. #1,676Augie22

Tied with 33 names at #1,642; 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