Rand

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
Given to boys 95.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1952 · 112 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,960
since 1913

Rand over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Rand has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201953peak #653, 1952boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#13,2086#5,86115
2024#12,1617#4,89020
2023—#7,28911
2022—#5,63316
2021—#5,56216
2020—#4,69820
2019#11,3568#5,55516
2018#13,7936#5,10618
2017#10,6899#4,74620
2016#9,41111#4,62421
2015#9,48111#5,05818
2014#8,48513#5,06618
2013#16,5475#5,65915
2012#13,4837#4,39022
2011#16,7645#4,35622
2010#14,9596#5,47816
2009#17,2945#6,43613
2008—#5,76715
2007#17,6365#6,26213
2006#13,6067#5,52515
2005#14,5026#5,03416
2004—#4,00522
2003#15,7845#5,03515
2002#11,1088#4,50217
2001#15,3525#7,5368
2000—#4,20418
1999—#3,70420
1998—#4,41315
1997#12,0706#3,73818
1996—#4,02216
1995—#3,69317
1994—#3,03023
1993—#4,69712
1992—#2,74725
1991—#3,81315
1990—#4,99310
1989—#3,32517
1988—#3,07917
1987—#2,46822
1986—#2,16126
1985—#2,82817
1984—#3,70111
1983—#2,67617
1982—#3,10814
1981—#2,56918
1980—#2,61718
1979—#2,56818
1978—#3,21512
1977—#3,38611
1976—#2,60116
1975—#2,06522
1974—#2,35817
1973—#2,03620
1972—#2,41815
1971—#2,12619
1970—#1,61528
1969—#1,39633
1968—#1,23338
1967—#1,08746
1966—#1,07347
1965—#1,33533
1964—#1,02554
1963—#1,23839
1962—#95363
1961—#91569
1960—#1,02156
1959—#86478
1958—#77193
1957—#744102
1956—#73799
1955—#81281
1954—#694108
1953—#701102
1952—#653112
1951—#693102
1950—#677105
1949—#683100
1948—#71388
1947—#86165
1946—#1,07641
1945—#1,01639
1944—#1,13534
1943—#1,30828
1942—#1,62919
1941—#1,53220
1940—#2,32210
1939—#2,8297
1938—#2,08412
1937—#1,99213
1936—#2,6298
1935—#3,2526
1934—#3,6795
1933—#3,2686
1932—#3,7765
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five boys were named Rand! It came in at #2,273, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1914–1921, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Rand is popular in 1953

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedNHWashington: #346 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,994 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedWIMichigan: #565 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 17,838 boysMINew York: #662 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 23,451 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedRIOregon: #277 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,732 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #433 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 7,432 boysCAUtah: #270 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,275 boysUTColorado: #310 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,662 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Rand, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#270 · 1 in 2,275
  2. Oregon#277 · 1 in 3,732
  3. Colorado#310 · 1 in 3,662
  4. Washington#346 · 1 in 5,994
  5. California#433 · 1 in 7,432

Best ever in a state: #164 in Utah, 1947.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#27051 in 2,275
Oregon#27751 in 3,732
Colorado#31051 in 3,662
Washington#34651 in 5,994
California#433201 in 7,432
Michigan#56551 in 17,838
New York#66271 in 23,451
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Rand
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 971 spots since 2024 (#4,890 → #5,861)
  • 1,163 spots since 2020 (#4,698 → #5,861)
  • 803 spots since 2015 (#5,058 → #5,861)
  • Biggest jump: 215 spots in 1947 (#1,076 → #861)
  • Biggest drop: 285 spots in 1963 (#953 → #1,238)
Rise & fade · boys
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 1952 at #653 (112 births)
  • Births halved by 1960, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 15 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1947–1959
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,050
  • Highest: 1 in 17,050 boys born in 1950 were named Rand (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #653 in 1952, was only 1 in 17,354 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 33.2% of all boys named Rand (982) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s7#2,273 (1913)#2,273
1920s25#2,589 (1929)#3,128
1930s62#1,992 (1937)#2,939
1940s444#683 (1949)#1,228
1950s982#653 (1952)#735
1960s478#915 (1961)#1,128
1970s178#1,615 (1970)#2,439
1980s177#2,161 (1986)#2,853
1990s171#2,747 (1992)#3,885
2000s152#4,005 (2004)#5,431
2010s186#4,356 (2011)#5,004
2020s98#4,698 (2020)#5,656

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.

Rand in 1953

boys
#701
102 births · 1 in 19,336 boys

Top boys' names in 1953

  1. #1Robert86,243
  2. #2James86,066
  3. #3Michael84,198
  4. #4John80,165
  5. #5David76,119
  6. #6William61,829
  7. #7Richard58,389
  8. #8Thomas47,008
  9. #9Charles38,421
  10. #10Gary36,967
  11. #701Rand102
More about 1953

boys

1,972,299 boys got a published name in 1953; 1 in 19,336 of them was named Rand, which outranked 83.9% of the 4,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rand
  1. #696Kip105
  2. #699Leigh104
  3. #700Lavern103
  4. #701Rand102
  5. #701Gerardo102
  6. #701Houston102
  7. #701Jed102
  8. #707Emerson101
  9. #707Jeremy101
  10. #707Kurtis101

Tied with 5 names at #701; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1952
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,276Faron#2,251 → #975
  2. ↑ 694Shane#1,213 → #519
  3. ↑ 528Enrico#1,517 → #989
  4. ↑ 441Blaise#1,430 → #989
  5. ↑ 429Robbin#1,268 → #839
Fallers
  1. ↓ 427Durwood#981 → #1,408
  2. ↓ 392Jonnie#939 → #1,331
  3. ↓ 312Elvis#968 → #1,280
  4. ↓ 293Edsel#968 → #1,261
  5. ↓ 292Beverly#766 → #1,058

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

See the top 100 for 1953 →