Randolph
Last seen for girls in 1986 at #10,912 · #4,857 for boys in 2025, 20 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1952 · 1,817 births
- Debut · boys
- 19 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 49,424since 1880
Randolph over time
Rank among boys' names. Randolph has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,857 | 20 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,443 | 17 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,712 | 30 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,850 | 20 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,110 | 18 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,734 | 28 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,003 | 26 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,994 | 39 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,840 | 42 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,161 | 36 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,684 | 45 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,461 | 51 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,804 | 41 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,632 | 46 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,203 | 59 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,511 | 49 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,320 | 56 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,291 | 57 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,995 | 70 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,808 | 76 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,772 | 74 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,857 | 66 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,578 | 80 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,295 | 104 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,242 | 107 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,228 | 109 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,259 | 98 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,159 | 108 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,045 | 122 | |
| 1996 | — | #985 | 127 | |
| 1995 | — | #847 | 162 | |
| 1994 | — | #912 | 143 | |
| 1993 | — | #770 | 185 | |
| 1992 | — | #790 | 177 | |
| 1991 | — | #679 | 223 | |
| 1990 | — | #672 | 227 | |
| 1989 | — | #638 | 245 | |
| 1988 | — | #598 | 245 | |
| 1987 | — | #580 | 247 | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #553 | 258 |
| 1985 | — | #480 | 326 | |
| 1984 | — | #505 | 279 | |
| 1983 | — | #454 | 332 | |
| 1982 | — | #480 | 314 | |
| 1981 | — | #443 | 346 | |
| 1980 | — | #480 | 308 | |
| 1979 | — | #428 | 350 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #426 | 345 |
| 1977 | — | #398 | 387 | |
| 1976 | — | #395 | 382 | |
| 1975 | — | #406 | 355 | |
| 1974 | — | #397 | 382 | |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | #384 | 403 |
| 1972 | — | #387 | 412 | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #384 | 435 |
| 1970 | — | #332 | 569 | |
| 1969 | — | #315 | 590 | |
| 1968 | — | #304 | 603 | |
| 1967 | — | #296 | 614 | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #269 | 747 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | #265 | 779 |
| 1964 | — | #270 | 817 | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #252 | 909 |
| 1962 | — | #249 | 986 | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #241 | 1,069 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #244 | 1,081 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #246 | 1,072 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #222 | 1,185 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #199 | 1,357 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #178 | 1,634 |
| 1955 | — | #162 | 1,765 | |
| 1954 | — | #163 | 1,765 | |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 | #161 | 1,714 |
| 1952 | — | #154 | 1,817 | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #160 | 1,637 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #162 | 1,550 |
| 1949 | — | #171 | 1,361 | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #182 | 1,143 |
| 1947 | — | #205 | 963 | |
| 1946 | — | #205 | 836 | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #214 | 645 |
| 1944 | — | #227 | 607 | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #220 | 665 |
| 1942 | — | #246 | 535 | |
| 1941 | — | #280 | 418 | |
| 1940 | — | #287 | 382 | |
| 1939 | — | #280 | 393 | |
| 1938 | — | #302 | 328 | |
| 1937 | — | #307 | 300 | |
| 1936 | — | #327 | 275 | |
| 1935 | — | #306 | 312 | |
| 1934 | — | #340 | 259 | |
| 1933 | — | #360 | 228 | |
| 1932 | — | #345 | 256 | |
| 1931 | — | #370 | 232 | |
| 1930 | — | #339 | 271 | |
| 1929 | — | #399 | 212 | |
| 1928 | — | #331 | 293 | |
| 1927 | — | #352 | 275 | |
| 1926 | — | #343 | 281 | |
| 1925 | — | #363 | 267 | |
| 1924 | — | #370 | 265 | |
| 1923 | — | #340 | 295 | |
| 1922 | — | #351 | 284 | |
| 1921 | — | #369 | 270 | |
| 1920 | — | #339 | 293 | |
| 1919 | — | #372 | 242 | |
| 1918 | — | #377 | 247 | |
| 1917 | — | #337 | 265 | |
| 1916 | — | #327 | 263 | |
| 1915 | — | #361 | 220 | |
| 1914 | — | #331 | 192 | |
| 1913 | — | #337 | 148 | |
| 1912 | — | #306 | 141 | |
| 1911 | — | #314 | 74 | |
| 1910 | — | #304 | 65 | |
| 1909 | — | #292 | 60 | |
| 1908 | — | #303 | 52 | |
| 1907 | — | #341 | 40 | |
| 1906 | — | #304 | 45 | |
| 1905 | — | #316 | 40 | |
| 1904 | — | #344 | 34 | |
| 1903 | — | #318 | 35 | |
| 1902 | — | #335 | 34 | |
| 1901 | — | #383 | 24 | |
| 1900 | — | #292 | 50 | |
| 1899 | — | #384 | 23 | |
| 1898 | — | #335 | 33 | |
| 1897 | — | #346 | 29 | |
| 1896 | — | #400 | 24 | |
| 1895 | — | #340 | 29 | |
| 1894 | — | #376 | 24 | |
| 1893 | — | #349 | 26 | |
| 1892 | — | #309 | 36 | |
| 1891 | — | #364 | 22 | |
| 1890 | — | #389 | 21 | |
| 1889 | — | #338 | 27 | |
| 1888 | — | #387 | 23 | |
| 1887 | — | #438 | 15 | |
| 1886 | — | #369 | 22 | |
| 1885 | — | #388 | 21 | |
| 1884 | — | #450 | 17 | |
| 1883 | — | #448 | 16 | |
| 1882 | — | #469 | 15 | |
| 1881 | — | #395 | 18 | |
| 1880 | — | #392 | 19 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Randolph was already there! It came in at #392, and was given to 19 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1887, when fewer than 23 boys a year got the name.
See more about Randolph
- 586 spots since 2024 (#5,443 → #4,857)
- 1,123 spots since 2020 (#3,734 → #4,857)
- 2,173 spots since 2015 (#2,684 → #4,857)
- Biggest jump: 92 spots in 1900 (#384 → #292)
- Biggest drop: 142 spots in 1994 (#770 → #912)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1952 at #154 (1,817 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 117 yrs · run 1880–1996
- Highest: 1 in 1,070 boys born in 1952 were named Randolph (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 85,404 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 31.4% of all boys named Randolph (15,496) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 193 | #338 (1889) | #407 |
| 1890s | 267 | #309 (1892) | #359 |
| 1900s | 414 | #292 (1909) | #323 |
| 1910s | 1,857 | #304 (1910) | #337 |
| 1920s | 2,735 | #331 (1928) | #356 |
| 1930s | 2,854 | #280 (1939) | #328 |
| 1940s | 7,555 | #171 (1949) | #224 |
| 1950s | 15,496 | #154 (1952) | #181 |
| 1960s | 8,195 | #241 (1961) | #271 |
| 1970s | 4,020 | #332 (1970) | #394 |
| 1980s | 2,900 | #443 (1981) | #521 |
| 1990s | 1,572 | #672 (1990) | #912 |
| 2000s | 799 | #1,228 (2000) | #1,739 |
| 2010s | 434 | #2,203 (2011) | #2,829 |
| 2020s | 133 | #3,712 (2023) | #4,618 |
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.
Randolph in 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
Top boys' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 334,617 of them was named Randolph, which outranked 22.7% 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).
- #4,837Zane7
- #4,837Zanetta7
- #4,837Zeola7
- #5,325Randolph6
- #5,325Adda6
- #5,325Al6
- #5,325Alacia6
- #5,952Adelene5
- #5,952Adelmira5
- #5,952Adlene5
Tied with 626 names at #5,325; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 1,295 of them was named Randolph, which outranked 96.0% 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).