Randolf

Last seen for boys in 2004 at #8,143

Peak · boys
1955 · 62 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
972
since 1939

Randolf over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Randolf has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #949, 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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2004#8,1438
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1999#9,9125
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1997#8,1106
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1995#7,7926
1994#6,3728
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1990#4,16713
1989#4,27112
1988#5,2008
1987#4,9688
1986#3,44013
1985#3,80511
1984#4,9737
1983#6,2385
1982#3,28213
1981
1980#3,83810
1979#6,0565
1978#4,5547
1977#3,8369
1976#3,09512
1975#3,07812
1974#2,94612
1973#2,51315
1972#2,65913
1971#2,55814
1970#2,62113
1969#2,30814
1968#3,1078
1967#2,03015
1966#2,04315
1965#1,66922
1964#2,11415
1963#1,48528
1962#1,66923
1961#1,40632
1960#1,69223
1959#1,43930
1958#1,17243
1957#1,41131
1956#1,28536
1955#94962
1954#1,11245
1953#95956
1952#1,02749
1951#1,05246
1950#1,46425
1949#1,32230
1948#2,11513
1947#2,49810
1946#3,5255
1945#2,3939
1944#3,1096
1943#1,91015
1942#3,2126
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1940#3,1306
1939#2,4499
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First appearance
1939

The first year at least five boys were named Randolf! It came in at #2,449, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1941, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Randolf
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2004
  • Biggest jump: 163 spots in 1955 (#1,112#949)
  • Biggest drop: 336 spots in 1956 (#949#1,285)
Rise & fade · boys
16 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1939
  • Peaked 1955 at #949 (62 births)
  • Births halved by 1957, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1953–1955
Share of babies · boys
1 in 33,224
  • Highest: 1 in 33,224 boys born in 1955 were named Randolf (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 248,122 boys born in 2004 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 43.5% of all boys named Randolf (423) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s9#2,449 (1939)#2,449
1940s100#1,322 (1949)#2,579
1950s423#949 (1955)#1,187
1960s195#1,406 (1961)#1,952
1970s112#2,513 (1973)#3,392
1980s87#3,282 (1982)#4,446
1990s38#4,167 (1990)#7,271
2000s8#8,143 (2004)#8,143

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.

Randolf in 1955

boys
#949
62 births · 1 in 33,224 boys

Top boys' names in 1955

  1. #1Michael88,355
  2. #2David86,306
  3. #3James84,186
  4. #4Robert83,758
  5. #5John80,128
  6. #6William59,990
  7. #7Richard53,566
  8. #8Thomas45,855
  9. #9Mark42,255
  10. #10Steven37,847
  11. #949Randolf62
More about 1955

boys

2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 33,224 of them was named Randolf, which outranked 78.4% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Randolf
  1. #942Leander63
  2. #942Lex63
  3. #942Talmadge63
  4. #949Randolf62
  5. #949Aurelio62
  6. #949Cole62
  7. #949Davie62
  8. #957Arden61
  9. #957Dann61
  10. #957Daryle61

Tied with 7 names at #949; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. 808Davy#1,333#525
  2. 326Wyatt#985#659
  3. 323Moises#1,311#988
  4. 296Tad#1,068#772
  5. 286Rhett#1,122#836
Fallers
  1. 738Rahn#908#1,646
  2. 415Ricci#739#1,154
  3. 321Meredith#952#1,273
  4. 309Michial#985#1,294
  5. 282Arvin#973#1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1955