Randy

Where Randy comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Randy.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Randy through the years
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #3,392 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1925
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  3. 1948
    Randy Schekman born
    Nobel prize winning American cell biologist
  4. 1956
    Peak, #28
    16,547 babies named Randy, the most in any year.
  5. 1960
    Randy Pausch born
    American professor of computer science, human-computer interaction and design
  6. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #45.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given names Randall and Randolph, used as a male given name in the US.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Miranda.
Namesakes
  • Randy Schekman · Nobel prize winning American cell biologist, born 1948
  • Randy Pausch · American professor of computer science, human-computer interaction and design, 1960–2008
  • Randy Quaid · American actor, born 1950
  • Randy Couture · American mixed martial artist, born 1963
  • Randy Travis · American country singer, born 1959

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.