Randal
Last seen for girls in 1994 at #10,569 · #5,208 for boys in 2025, 18 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1958 · 1,477 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 29,192since 1909
Randal over time
Rank among boys' names. Randal 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 | — | #5,208 | 18 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,443 | 17 | |
| 2023 | — | #7,289 | 11 | |
| 2022 | — | #4,184 | 25 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,628 | 21 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,653 | 29 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,639 | 21 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,524 | 31 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,889 | 27 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,199 | 24 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,864 | 41 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,532 | 30 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,753 | 27 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,807 | 27 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,046 | 37 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,730 | 44 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,721 | 28 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,632 | 47 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,337 | 55 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,248 | 56 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,653 | 41 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,051 | 58 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,128 | 52 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,647 | 72 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,982 | 54 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,653 | 70 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,283 | 95 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,322 | 90 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,143 | 108 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,359 | 79 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,053 | 113 | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #948 | 136 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #823 | 165 |
| 1992 | — | #859 | 152 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #762 | 180 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #722 | 199 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #650 | 237 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | #631 | 227 |
| 1987 | #3,624 | 24 | #589 | 236 |
| 1986 | #2,620 | 37 | #582 | 233 |
| 1985 | — | #542 | 262 | |
| 1984 | — | #563 | 231 | |
| 1983 | — | #553 | 231 | |
| 1982 | — | #541 | 253 | |
| 1981 | — | #509 | 275 | |
| 1980 | — | #565 | 233 | |
| 1979 | — | #558 | 237 | |
| 1978 | — | #523 | 246 | |
| 1977 | — | #493 | 271 | |
| 1976 | — | #495 | 260 | |
| 1975 | — | #464 | 302 | |
| 1974 | — | #461 | 299 | |
| 1973 | — | #413 | 357 | |
| 1972 | — | #401 | 383 | |
| 1971 | — | #379 | 451 | |
| 1970 | — | #341 | 559 | |
| 1969 | — | #324 | 574 | |
| 1968 | — | #311 | 591 | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #283 | 659 |
| 1966 | — | #278 | 690 | |
| 1965 | — | #285 | 690 | |
| 1964 | — | #269 | 823 | |
| 1963 | — | #251 | 912 | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #244 | 1,019 |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | #233 | 1,155 |
| 1960 | — | #218 | 1,273 | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #201 | 1,436 |
| 1958 | — | #189 | 1,477 | |
| 1957 | — | #192 | 1,458 | |
| 1956 | — | #203 | 1,321 | |
| 1955 | — | #214 | 1,128 | |
| 1954 | — | #236 | 895 | |
| 1953 | — | #243 | 770 | |
| 1952 | — | #254 | 730 | |
| 1951 | — | #260 | 663 | |
| 1950 | — | #305 | 490 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #324 | 450 |
| 1948 | — | #390 | 306 | |
| 1947 | — | #418 | 267 | |
| 1946 | — | #467 | 187 | |
| 1945 | — | #540 | 122 | |
| 1944 | — | #604 | 103 | |
| 1943 | — | #691 | 87 | |
| 1942 | — | #812 | 63 | |
| 1941 | — | #733 | 71 | |
| 1940 | — | #881 | 51 | |
| 1939 | — | #846 | 52 | |
| 1938 | — | #869 | 51 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,180 | 31 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,095 | 35 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,078 | 36 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,461 | 22 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,498 | 21 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,157 | 34 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,643 | 19 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,235 | 33 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,731 | 19 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,569 | 23 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,034 | 16 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,379 | 28 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,089 | 15 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,727 | 21 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,551 | 24 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,545 | 24 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,829 | 19 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,820 | 19 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,063 | 15 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,539 | 23 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,091 | 14 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,646 | 19 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,600 | 19 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,687 | 14 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,496 | 6 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
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| 1909 | — | #1,020 | 9 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Randal! It came in at #1,020, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1910–1911, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Randal is popular in 1949
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Nebraska#162 · 1 in 1,198
- Wisconsin#174 · 1 in 1,865
- Oklahoma#185 · 1 in 1,369
- Indiana#193 · 1 in 1,865
- Kansas#208 · 1 in 1,798
Best ever in a state: #64 in Wyoming, 1954.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | #162 | 12 | 1 in 1,198 |
| Wisconsin | #174 | 21 | 1 in 1,865 |
| Oklahoma | #185 | 17 | 1 in 1,369 |
| Indiana | #193 | 24 | 1 in 1,865 |
| Kansas | #208 | 11 | 1 in 1,798 |
| Washington | #210 | 14 | 1 in 1,912 |
| Minnesota | #212 | 12 | 1 in 2,912 |
| Missouri | #217 | 19 | 1 in 2,181 |
| Oregon | #217 | 8 | 1 in 2,028 |
| Tennessee | #220 | 19 | 1 in 2,057 |
| Illinois | #234 | 32 | 1 in 2,846 |
| Kentucky | #242 | 15 | 1 in 2,401 |
| Iowa | #251 | 10 | 1 in 2,963 |
| California | #263 | 44 | 1 in 2,737 |
| Ohio | #268 | 22 | 1 in 4,150 |
| West Virginia | #289 | 7 | 1 in 3,565 |
| Arkansas | #304 | 7 | 1 in 3,232 |
| Texas | #304 | 42 | 1 in 2,394 |
| Alabama | #331 | 10 | 1 in 3,883 |
| Michigan | #345 | 11 | 1 in 6,902 |
| Virginia | #370 | 7 | 1 in 5,261 |
| Pennsylvania | #373 | 11 | 1 in 9,847 |
| Florida | #380 | 6 | 1 in 4,863 |
| Louisiana | #416 | 7 | 1 in 4,979 |
| North Carolina | #425 | 8 | 1 in 6,308 |
| Mississippi | #433 | 5 | 1 in 5,807 |
| Georgia | #498 | 5 | 1 in 8,777 |
| New York | #704 | 5 | 1 in 29,844 |
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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 Randal
- 235 spots since 2024 (#5,443 → #5,208)
- 1,555 spots since 2020 (#3,653 → #5,208)
- 2,344 spots since 2015 (#2,864 → #5,208)
- Biggest jump: 311 spots in 1938 (#1,180 → #869)
- Biggest drop: 125 spots in 1994 (#823 → #948)
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 1958 at #189 (1,477 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1938–1994
- Highest: 1 in 1,437 boys born in 1958 were named Randal (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 94,893 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 35.5% of all boys named Randal (10,368) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 9 | #1,020 (1909) | #1,020 |
| 1910s | 117 | #1,539 (1918) | #1,896 |
| 1920s | 208 | #1,379 (1926) | #1,727 |
| 1930s | 334 | #846 (1939) | #1,206 |
| 1940s | 1,707 | #324 (1949) | #586 |
| 1950s | 10,368 | #189 (1958) | #230 |
| 1960s | 8,386 | #218 (1960) | #270 |
| 1970s | 3,365 | #341 (1970) | #453 |
| 1980s | 2,418 | #509 (1981) | #573 |
| 1990s | 1,317 | #722 (1990) | #1,027 |
| 2000s | 533 | #1,647 (2002) | #2,305 |
| 2010s | 309 | #2,730 (2010) | #3,598 |
| 2020s | 121 | #3,653 (2020) | #5,068 |
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.
Randal in 1949
Top girls' names in 1949
Top boys' names in 1949
More about 1949
girls
1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 342,175 of them was named Randal, which outranked 13.6% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 822 names at #5,244; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 3,942 of them was named Randal, which outranked 92.3% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.