Randall

Last seen for girls in 2004 at #16,099 · #1,499 for boys in 2025, 117 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
1955 · 6,688 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
23 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
198,592
since 1880

Randall over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #53, 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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,499117
2024—#1,608106
2023—#1,266152
2022—#1,264153
2021—#1,195164
2020—#1,053190
2019—#1,085184
2018—#995208
2017—#951219
2016—#1,029194
2015—#1,039193
2014—#898239
2013—#827260
2012—#857246
2011—#853250
2010—#841251
2009—#747308
2008—#699337
2007—#698334
2006—#622382
2005—#602375
2004#16,0995#570399
2003#13,8446#526443
2002#15,4325#513444
2001—#467509
2000—#440543
1999#11,3857#397619
1998#14,1225#384651
1997—#339763
1996#11,8076#321825
1995#10,5147#296898
1994#7,60411#2671,063
1993#8,7199#2431,186
1992#5,71816#2341,232
1991#10,2717#2111,482
1990#4,12024#1921,603
1989#3,89325#1621,848
1988#2,74438#1531,796
1987#1,64774#1501,833
1986#1,38093#1481,889
1985#3,08429#1461,908
1984#4,73715#1481,847
1983#3,94919#1292,060
1982#3,78021#1302,111
1981#4,16218#1372,010
1980#4,32717#1362,024
1979#4,42016#1352,013
1978#4,45915#1341,971
1977#4,94213#1401,920
1976#4,15415#1331,982
1975#4,37014#1212,125
1974#5,36010#1232,117
1973#6,6667#1212,172
1972#3,06221#1202,354
1971#3,78916#1023,100
1970#3,03022#1003,271
1969#2,76823#853,562
1968#2,87420#793,751
1967#2,70621#724,062
1966#3,40014#704,448
1965#3,54913#734,752
1964#3,24416#665,511
1963#2,42425#655,972
1962#2,92218#646,236
1961#2,41125#636,587
1960#2,30726#597,174
1959#2,76018#597,059
1958#2,16727#626,326
1957#2,21825#596,675
1956#2,92916#546,913
1955#2,15625#536,688
1954#2,59218#556,549
1953#2,81215#645,973
1952#2,32720#625,892
1951#2,24520#665,532
1950#1,57635#704,843
1949#1,91725#794,161
1948#2,07022#983,179
1947#1,94625#1062,785
1946#2,48215#1232,064
1945#2,59812#1491,392
1944#2,76211#1561,242
1943#3,8017#1711,027
1942#4,6225#203760
1941—#213633
1940—#233531
1939—#231505
1938—#272411
1937—#288354
1936—#323277
1935—#320288
1934—#325277
1933—#353233
1932—#379219
1931—#388209
1930—#368241
1929#4,5705#406205
1928—#425196
1927—#407219
1926—#387230
1925—#420204
1924—#440193
1923—#437193
1922—#479166
1921—#464175
1920—#466171
1919—#454167
1918—#432185
1917—#452157
1916—#446156
1915—#435156
1914—#454111
1913—#43297
1912—#52157
1911—#51433
1910—#63421
1909—#75614
1908—#42232
1907—#49522
1906—#79810
1905—#1,0916
1904—#51518
1903—#59514
1902—#53616
1901—#7798
1900—#60317
1899—#1,0515
1898—#63512
1897—#58413
1896—#72210
1895—#7958
1894—#63111
1893—#61511
1892—#9566
1891—#7667
1890—#8846
1889—#52513
1888—#9176
1887—#6319
1886—#7587
1885——
1884—#57011
1883—#55611
1882—#48914
1881—#5959
1880—#6828
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Randall was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Randall is popular in 1954

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #78 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 332 boysAKMaine: #61 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 312 boysMEVermont: #55 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 267 boysVTNew Hampshire: #68 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 377 boysNHWashington: #49 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 248 boysWAIdaho: #48 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 195 boysIDMontana: #50 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 258 boysMTNorth Dakota: #46 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 193 boysNDMinnesota: #52 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 295 boysMNIllinois: #46 for boys · 450 births · 1 in 236 boysILWisconsin: #36 for boys · 301 births · 1 in 147 boysWIMichigan: #48 for boys · 373 births · 1 in 251 boysMINew York: #123 for boys · 168 births · 1 in 1,012 boysNYMassachusetts: #85 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 711 boysMARhode Island: #117 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,309 boysRIOregon: #42 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 199 boysORNevada: #41 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 174 boysNVWyoming: #35 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 144 boysWYSouth Dakota: #36 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 132 boysSDIowa: #31 for boys · 283 births · 1 in 109 boysIAIndiana: #34 for boys · 332 births · 1 in 158 boysINOhio: #48 for boys · 427 births · 1 in 256 boysOHPennsylvania: #71 for boys · 294 births · 1 in 410 boysPANew Jersey: #128 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 1,276 boysNJConnecticut: #115 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,031 boysCTCalifornia: #64 for boys · 462 births · 1 in 332 boysCAUtah: #63 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 277 boysUTColorado: #55 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 279 boysCONebraska: #34 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 121 boysNEMissouri: #44 for boys · 208 births · 1 in 225 boysMOKentucky: #57 for boys · 133 births · 1 in 277 boysKYWest Virginia: #32 for boys · 148 births · 1 in 153 boysWVVirginia: #94 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 476 boysVAMaryland: #124 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 837 boysMDDelaware: #71 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 354 boysDEArizona: #84 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 360 boysAZNew Mexico: #88 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 363 boysNMKansas: #35 for boys · 157 births · 1 in 155 boysKSArkansas: #62 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 287 boysARTennessee: #52 for boys · 177 births · 1 in 235 boysTNNorth Carolina: #87 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 434 boysNCSouth Carolina: #90 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 383 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #175 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,329 boysDCOklahoma: #57 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 261 boysOKLouisiana: #74 for boys · 133 births · 1 in 303 boysLAMississippi: #151 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 917 boysMSAlabama: #57 for boys · 151 births · 1 in 257 boysALGeorgia: #57 for boys · 196 births · 1 in 248 boysGAHawaii: #44 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 160 boysHITexas: #68 for boys · 367 births · 1 in 330 boysTXFlorida: #87 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 386 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Iowa#31 · 1 in 109
  2. West Virginia#32 · 1 in 153
  3. Nebraska#34 · 1 in 121
  4. Indiana#34 · 1 in 158
  5. Wyoming#35 · 1 in 144

Best ever in a state: #26 in Hawaii, 1956.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Iowa#312831 in 109
West Virginia#321481 in 153
Indiana#343321 in 158
Nebraska#341271 in 121
Kansas#351571 in 155
Wyoming#35251 in 144
South Dakota#36621 in 132
Wisconsin#363011 in 147
Nevada#41131 in 174
Oregon#42911 in 199
Hawaii#44431 in 160
Missouri#442081 in 225
Illinois#464501 in 236
North Dakota#46401 in 193
Idaho#48381 in 195
Michigan#483731 in 251
Ohio#484271 in 256
Washington#491251 in 248
Montana#50291 in 258
Minnesota#521321 in 295
Tennessee#521771 in 235
Colorado#55681 in 279
Vermont#55151 in 267
Alabama#571511 in 257
Georgia#571961 in 248
Kentucky#571331 in 277
Oklahoma#57951 in 261
Maine#61331 in 312
Arkansas#62731 in 287
Utah#63411 in 277
California#644621 in 332
New Hampshire#68151 in 377
Texas#683671 in 330
Delaware#71121 in 354
Pennsylvania#712941 in 410
Louisiana#741331 in 303
Alaska#7891 in 332
Arizona#84361 in 360
Massachusetts#85751 in 711
Florida#871061 in 386
North Carolina#871271 in 434
New Mexico#88321 in 363
South Carolina#90821 in 383
Virginia#94921 in 476
Connecticut#115231 in 1,031
Rhode Island#11771 in 1,309
New York#1231681 in 1,012
Maryland#124361 in 837
New Jersey#128441 in 1,276
Mississippi#151321 in 917
District of Columbia#175111 in 1,329

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 Randall
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 109 spots since 2024 (#1,608 → #1,499)
  • 446 spots since 2020 (#1,053 → #1,499)
  • 460 spots since 2015 (#1,039 → #1,499)
  • Biggest jump: 448 spots in 1900 (#1,051 → #603)
  • Biggest drop: 576 spots in 1905 (#515 → #1,091)
Rise & fade · boys
75 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1955 at #53 (6,688 births)
  • Births halved by 1970, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 23 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 23 yrs · run 1948–1970
  • Top 1,000: 134 yrs · run 1906–2014
Share of babies · boys
1 in 297
  • Highest: 1 in 297 boys born in 1960 were named Randall (0.34%)
  • Latest: 1 in 14,599 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #53 in 1955, was only 1 in 308 (0.32%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 31.4% of all boys named Randall (62,450) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s88#489 (1882)#636
1890s89#584 (1897)#764
1900s157#422 (1908)#659
1910s1,140#432 (1918)#477
1920s1,952#387 (1926)#433
1930s3,014#231 (1939)#325
1940s17,774#79 (1949)#153
1950s62,450#53 (1955)#60
1960s52,055#59 (1960)#70
1970s23,025#100 (1970)#123
1980s19,326#129 (1983)#144
1990s10,322#192 (1990)#288
2000s4,074#440 (2000)#588
2010s2,244#827 (2013)#938
2020s882#1,053 (2020)#1,314

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.

Randall in 1954

girls
#2,592
18 births · 1 in 107,884 girls
boys
#55
6,549 births · 1 in 311 boys

Top girls' names in 1954

  1. #1Mary68,019
  2. #2Linda55,371
  3. #3Deborah54,674
  4. #4Patricia49,149
  5. #5Susan47,162
  6. #6Debra45,896
  7. #7Barbara36,368
  8. #8Karen32,456
  9. #9Nancy30,270
  10. #10Cynthia27,615
  11. #2,592Randall18

Top boys' names in 1954

  1. #1Michael88,568
  2. #2Robert86,331
  3. #3James86,311
  4. #4John81,168
  5. #5David79,556
  6. #6William61,426
  7. #7Richard57,042
  8. #8Thomas47,159
  9. #9Gary37,920
  10. #10Charles37,463
  11. #55Randall6,549
More about 1954

girls

1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 107,884 of them was named Randall, which outranked 60.9% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Randall
  1. #2,519Tawnya19
  2. #2,519Tori19
  3. #2,519Wylene19
  4. #2,592Randall18
  5. #2,592Annice18
  6. #2,592Apryl18
  7. #2,592Arlena18
  8. #2,695Acquanetta17
  9. #2,695Adelle17
  10. #2,695Adina17

Tied with 102 names at #2,592; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,699Sherree#2,699 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,434Sabrina#2,236 → #802
  3. ↑ 932Valinda#1,738 → #806
  4. ↑ 748Sheree#1,071 → #323
  5. ↑ 421Sherie#1,248 → #827
Fallers
  1. ↓ 396Enola#948 → #1,344
  2. ↓ 311Ila#782 → #1,093
  3. ↓ 302Nancie#816 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 282Arline#904 → #1,186
  5. ↓ 269Candyce#944 → #1,213

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

boys

2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 311 of them was named Randall, which outranked 98.7% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Randall
  1. #52Arthur6,856
  2. #53Willie6,832
  3. #54Johnny6,613
  4. #55Randall6,549
  5. #56Roy6,513
  6. #57Jack6,475
  7. #58Stanley6,448
Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. ↑ 592Ricci#1,331 → #739
  2. ↑ 470Demetrius#1,357 → #887
  3. ↑ 382Crawford#1,378 → #996
  4. ↑ 310Gavin#1,139 → #829
  5. ↑ 296Dino#1,058 → #762
Fallers
  1. ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
  2. ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
  3. ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268

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

See the top 100 for 1954 →