Randell

Last seen for girls in 1994 at #11,778 · #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
Given to boys 98.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1958 · 304 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
10,011
since 1912

Randell over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Randell has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201950peak #449, 1958boys
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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—#6,80312
2024—#7,76510
2023—#6,22014
2022—#6,47913
2021—#6,03214
2020—#5,69915
2019—#5,81315
2018—#6,70312
2017—#4,22424
2016—#5,55516
2015—#4,89019
2014—#4,26323
2013—#4,18023
2012—#4,00325
2011—#3,79227
2010—#3,53130
2009—#2,84742
2008—#3,64629
2007—#2,92040
2006—#4,22322
2005—#3,24131
2004—#3,28529
2003—#2,78035
2002—#2,55638
2001—#2,61836
2000—#2,37940
1999—#2,06346
1998—#1,81155
1997—#2,20139
1996—#1,58662
1995—#1,91444
1994#11,7786#1,47764
1993—#1,30676
1992#10,4797#1,14293
1991—#1,12495
1990#12,9585#1,026106
1989#12,3625#1,04598
1988#7,6919#847126
1987#6,78810#836124
1986#3,75722#867110
1985—#820118
1984#10,4225#843108
1983#10,2755#824112
1982#9,2376#871104
1981—#767130
1980#10,3925#819115
1979#9,0106#842105
1978#9,7505#89193
1977#9,6525#85899
1976—#86094
1975—#811105
1974#8,7755#779106
1973—#749115
1972—#778105
1971—#672152
1970—#635163
1969—#605168
1968—#578171
1967—#536193
1966#5,2737#504227
1965—#513220
1964—#495254
1963—#488268
1962#6,5785#472286
1961#6,5675#462306
1960—#450321
1959—#465294
1958—#449304
1957—#455288
1956—#466261
1955—#479234
1954—#477231
1953—#498197
1952#3,7969#461235
1951#5,4145#473206
1950—#473201
1949—#465200
1948#5,2435#608125
1947#4,7646#561145
1946—#615109
1945—#66383
1944—#67983
1943—#78769
1942—#81263
1941—#71375
1940—#81858
1939—#84652
1938—#1,12533
1937—#1,18031
1936—#1,06836
1935—#1,05737
1934—#1,49821
1933—#1,64418
1932—#1,77717
1931—#1,45823
1930—#1,49624
1929—#1,41326
1928—#2,16214
1927—#2,9129
1926—#1,46625
1925—#2,01216
1924—#2,34713
1923—#2,44612
1922—#1,47026
1921—#1,70321
1920—#2,13115
1919—#2,26513
1918—#1,64821
1917—#2,7329
1916—#2,04314
1915—#2,6219
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five boys were named Randell! It came in at #2,544, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1912–1914, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Randell is popular in 1950

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedNHWashington: #276 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,869 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedWIMichigan: #511 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 15,553 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedIAIndiana: #359 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 7,488 boysINOhio: #447 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 12,972 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #493 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 10,169 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedUTColorado: #297 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,272 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedNEMissouri: #397 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,336 boysMOKentucky: #188 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,429 boysKYWest Virginia: #308 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,051 boysWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedARTennessee: #303 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,920 boysTNNorth Carolina: #533 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,046 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #226 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,830 boysOKLouisiana: #403 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,427 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedMSAlabama: #374 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,757 boysALGeorgia: #451 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 7,239 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedHITexas: #544 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 6,922 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Randell, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Kentucky#188 · 1 in 1,429
  2. Oklahoma#226 · 1 in 1,830
  3. Washington#276 · 1 in 3,869
  4. Colorado#297 · 1 in 3,272
  5. Tennessee#303 · 1 in 3,920

Best ever in a state: #168 in Kentucky, 1949.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#188251 in 1,429
Oklahoma#226131 in 1,830
Washington#27671 in 3,869
Colorado#29751 in 3,272
Tennessee#303101 in 3,920
West Virginia#30861 in 4,051
Indiana#35961 in 7,488
Alabama#37481 in 4,757
Missouri#39751 in 8,336
Louisiana#40381 in 4,427
Ohio#44771 in 12,972
Georgia#45161 in 7,239
California#493121 in 10,169
Michigan#51151 in 15,553
North Carolina#53351 in 10,046
Texas#544151 in 6,922
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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 Randell
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 962 spots since 2024 (#7,765 → #6,803)
  • 1,104 spots since 2020 (#5,699 → #6,803)
  • 1,913 spots since 2015 (#4,890 → #6,803)
  • Biggest jump: 279 spots in 1939 (#1,125 → #846)
  • Biggest drop: 198 spots in 1989 (#847 → #1,045)
Rise & fade · boys
46 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1958 at #449 (304 births)
  • Births halved by 1971, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 50 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1939–1988
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,643
  • Highest: 1 in 6,643 boys born in 1960 were named Randell (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 142,340 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #449 in 1958, was only 1 in 6,982 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 24.5% of all boys named Randell (2,451) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s71#1,648 (1918)#2,309
1920s177#1,413 (1929)#2,006
1930s292#846 (1939)#1,315
1940s1,010#465 (1949)#672
1950s2,451#449 (1958)#470
1960s2,414#450 (1960)#510
1970s1,137#635 (1970)#788
1980s1,145#767 (1981)#854
1990s680#1,026 (1990)#1,565
2000s342#2,379 (2000)#3,050
2010s214#3,531 (2010)#4,695
2020s78#5,699 (2020)#6,500

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.

Randell in 1950

boys
#473
201 births · 1 in 8,907 boys

Top boys' names in 1950

  1. #1James86,228
  2. #2Robert83,553
  3. #3John79,412
  4. #4Michael65,136
  5. #5David60,729
  6. #6William60,680
  7. #7Richard51,003
  8. #8Thomas45,596
  9. #9Charles39,095
  10. #10Gary33,737
  11. #473Randell201
More about 1950

boys

1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 8,907 of them was named Randell, which outranked 88.7% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Randell
  1. #469Terrell203
  2. #471Derek202
  3. #471Drew202
  4. #473Randell201
  5. #474Carmen199
  6. #475Eddy196
  7. #476Colin195
Biggest movers since 1949
Risers
  1. ↑ 744Ezzard#1,616 → #872
  2. ↑ 510Kelvin#1,085 → #575
  3. ↑ 447Nancy#1,297 → #850
  4. ↑ 420Samual#1,380 → #960
  5. ↑ 376Shaun#1,275 → #899
Fallers
  1. ↓ 371Sharon#885 → #1,256
  2. ↓ 369Melvyn#770 → #1,139
  3. ↓ 367Les#997 → #1,364
  4. ↓ 351Delmas#905 → #1,256
  5. ↓ 315Denzil#808 → #1,123

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

See the top 100 for 1950 →