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 | |
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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 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- West Virginia#194 · 1 in 1,930
- Nebraska#225 · 1 in 2,344
- Arkansas#266 · 1 in 2,180
- Wisconsin#286 · 1 in 3,793
- Missouri#339 · 1 in 4,100
Best ever in a state: #64 in Wyoming, 1954.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #194 | 6 | 1 in 1,930 |
| Nebraska | #225 | 5 | 1 in 2,344 |
| Arkansas | #266 | 7 | 1 in 2,180 |
| Wisconsin | #286 | 9 | 1 in 3,793 |
| Missouri | #339 | 9 | 1 in 4,100 |
| Kentucky | #358 | 5 | 1 in 4,967 |
| Alabama | #367 | 7 | 1 in 3,651 |
| Tennessee | #374 | 7 | 1 in 4,606 |
| Oklahoma | #379 | 6 | 1 in 3,932 |
| Colorado | #386 | 6 | 1 in 4,195 |
| Ohio | #397 | 13 | 1 in 5,930 |
| Michigan | #419 | 11 | 1 in 5,921 |
| Indiana | #431 | 6 | 1 in 6,280 |
| North Carolina | #439 | 8 | 1 in 5,066 |
| Georgia | #448 | 9 | 1 in 4,798 |
| Texas | #460 | 33 | 1 in 4,460 |
| Louisiana | #489 | 8 | 1 in 4,481 |
| Illinois | #554 | 11 | 1 in 7,479 |
| Pennsylvania | #600 | 6 | 1 in 12,844 |
| Florida | #620 | 9 | 1 in 8,294 |
| California | #663 | 22 | 1 in 10,154 |
| New York | #1,041 | 6 | 1 in 20,174 |
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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 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 7,054 of them was named Randal, which outranked 92.9% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.