Randolf

Where Randolf comes from

Randolf hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1939
    First appearance
    #2,449 among boys, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1942
    Randolf Kronberg born
    German actor and voice actor
  3. 1955
    Peak, #949
    62 babies named Randolf — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1957
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,411.
  5. 1966
    Randolf Stich born
    secretary of state Rhineland-Palatinate
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Randolf Kronberg · German actor and voice actor, 1942–2007
  • Randolf Stich · secretary of state Rhineland-Palatinate, 1966–2023

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.