Randel
Last seen for girls in 1992 at #13,317 · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to boys 99.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1953 · 116 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,651since 1914
Randel over time
Rank among boys' names. Randel has never cracked the top 600 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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | #10,863 | 6 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #8,819 | 8 | |
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | — | #7,050 | 11 | |
| 2011 | — | #12,287 | 5 | |
| 2010 | — | #7,087 | 11 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,236 | 11 | |
| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,094 | 11 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,460 | 12 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,634 | 11 | |
| 2004 | — | #9,948 | 6 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,877 | 12 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,395 | 13 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,013 | 11 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,588 | 12 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,537 | 15 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,849 | 18 | |
| 1997 | — | #3,351 | 21 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,187 | 11 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,303 | 20 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,469 | 19 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,865 | 24 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #2,909 | 23 |
| 1991 | — | #2,344 | 30 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,170 | 33 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,919 | 38 | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #1,909 | 34 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | #1,896 | 33 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #1,873 | 32 |
| 1985 | — | #1,485 | 45 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,159 | 24 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,594 | 37 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,426 | 20 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,204 | 23 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,695 | 34 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,570 | 37 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,012 | 24 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,607 | 34 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,572 | 34 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,429 | 38 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,388 | 38 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,400 | 36 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,129 | 52 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,181 | 48 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,051 | 60 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,017 | 57 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,165 | 42 | |
| 1967 | — | #915 | 62 | |
| 1966 | — | #835 | 76 | |
| 1965 | — | #847 | 75 | |
| 1964 | — | #921 | 68 | |
| 1963 | — | #829 | 83 | |
| 1962 | — | #725 | 112 | |
| 1961 | — | #711 | 116 | |
| 1960 | — | #709 | 122 | |
| 1959 | — | #730 | 110 | |
| 1958 | — | #670 | 128 | |
| 1957 | — | #675 | 128 | |
| 1956 | — | #694 | 113 | |
| 1955 | — | #696 | 111 | |
| 1954 | — | #684 | 111 | |
| 1953 | — | #657 | 116 | |
| 1952 | — | #714 | 97 | |
| 1951 | — | #677 | 106 | |
| 1950 | — | #750 | 84 | |
| 1949 | — | #824 | 68 | |
| 1948 | — | #879 | 60 | |
| 1947 | — | #923 | 57 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,031 | 44 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,249 | 28 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,212 | 30 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,699 | 18 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,334 | 27 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,230 | 29 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,275 | 28 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,458 | 21 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,741 | 16 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,688 | 17 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,587 | 18 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,029 | 13 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,563 | 9 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,997 | 13 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,361 | 6 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,471 | 10 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,781 | 9 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,980 | 8 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,697 | 6 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,871 | 18 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,302 | 13 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,155 | 8 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,175 | 8 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
| 1921 | — | #4,322 | 5 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,967 | 9 | |
| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | #2,829 | 8 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,915 | 6 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Randel! It came in at #2,915, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1919, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Randel is popular in 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#442 · 1 in 5,711
- Georgia#450 · 1 in 6,229
- Texas#839 · 1 in 12,446
Best ever in a state: #257 in Wisconsin, 1957.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #442 | 5 | 1 in 5,711 |
| Georgia | #450 | 5 | 1 in 6,229 |
| Texas | #839 | 5 | 1 in 12,446 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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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 Randel
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 108 spots in 1947 (#1,031 → #923)
- Biggest drop: 250 spots in 1968 (#915 → #1,165)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1953 at #657 (116 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1947–1967
- Highest: 1 in 16,581 boys born in 1958 were named Randel (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #657 in 1953, was only 1 in 17,003 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 30.2% of all boys named Randel (1,104) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 24 | #2,829 (1915) | #3,473 |
| 1920s | 88 | #1,871 (1927) | #3,185 |
| 1930s | 132 | #1,458 (1939) | #2,168 |
| 1940s | 389 | #824 (1949) | #1,166 |
| 1950s | 1,104 | #657 (1953) | #695 |
| 1960s | 813 | #709 (1960) | #867 |
| 1970s | 401 | #1,051 (1970) | #1,434 |
| 1980s | 320 | #1,485 (1985) | #1,916 |
| 1990s | 214 | #2,170 (1990) | #3,398 |
| 2000s | 105 | #5,395 (2002) | #7,128 |
| 2010s | 50 | #7,050 (2012) | #10,259 |
| 2020s | 11 | #10,863 (2022) | #11,551 |
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.
Randel in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 41,399 of them was named Randel, which outranked 67.6% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,251Porfirio29
- #1,251Shelly29
- #1,251Titus29
- #1,275Randel28
- #1,275Armond28
- #1,275Arnoldo28
- #1,275Brown28
- #1,288Butch27
- #1,288Calvert27
- #1,288Clemens27
Tied with 12 names at #1,275; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.