Randy

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #13,462 · #1,084 for boys in 2025, 198 births
Given to boys 98.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1956 · 16,547 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
37 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
329,468
since 1915

Randy over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201952peak #28, 1956boys
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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—#1,084198
2024—#1,013220
2023#13,4626#956236
2022#12,2437#908254
2021#13,4646#916250
2020#15,0885#858265
2019—#708349
2018—#674372
2017#15,9025#664384
2016—#628427
2015#14,4826#569493
2014—#510548
2013—#448641
2012—#413696
2011—#356841
2010#16,9925#347883
2009#13,7047#321996
2008#12,5798#3021,102
2007#15,4916#3181,004
2006#13,6067#3101,052
2005#14,5026#3061,082
2004#14,1796#316977
2003#11,3258#317936
2002#11,1088#2941,017
2001#7,31714#2851,054
2000#9,16310#2781,136
1999#7,71612#2631,139
1998#11,1387#2441,276
1997#6,48314#2261,362
1996#6,06415#2061,509
1995#5,01919#2021,509
1994#4,68721#1861,644
1993#4,39323#1881,701
1992#4,08825#1592,008
1991#4,20824#1482,160
1990#3,90926#1312,477
1989#3,78426#1262,604
1988#2,86736#1122,716
1987#2,72336#1052,786
1986#2,34443#1032,728
1985#1,90658#1022,881
1984#2,14946#1002,909
1983#2,13546#962,926
1982#2,32742#943,229
1981#2,48838#913,343
1980#2,01452#873,390
1979#2,30441#863,416
1978#1,93850#863,220
1977#2,09145#863,397
1976#1,72955#793,320
1975#2,16939#783,385
1974#2,02941#793,342
1973#1,80547#793,345
1972#1,80447#703,739
1971#1,50067#674,345
1970#1,63757#595,036
1969#1,42367#555,265
1968#1,50457#545,709
1967#1,13387#496,799
1966#1,14286#457,758
1965#957114#428,861
1964#1,051106#3810,302
1963#973119#3710,535
1962#931130#3511,840
1961#863152#3312,603
1960#832153#3214,206
1959#744187#3115,042
1958#844146#3215,188
1957#812155#3116,464
1956#689193#2816,547
1955#677191#3014,958
1954#656195#3312,638
1953#619205#3510,666
1952#562239#418,646
1951#565227#566,034
1950#597200#804,354
1949#650163#923,623
1948#652163#993,141
1947#791120#1162,501
1946#786109#1481,637
1945#1,11450#1621,107
1944#1,29338#191805
1943#1,15449#242584
1942#1,38734#315379
1941#3,2528#406207
1940#3,5037#433181
1939—#492137
1938#3,4507#583101
1937—#66580
1936#3,7016#79759
1935—#91548
1934—#1,15033
1933—#1,58619
1932—#1,71618
1931—#2,00314
1930—#1,60221
1929—#2,31712
1928—#2,8439
1927#3,8757#2,52311
1926#4,8515#2,30213
1925—#3,4087
1924#5,0615#4,3475
1923#4,3766#3,4677
1922—#3,2528
1921——
1920—#3,4897
1919—#3,7366
1918—#3,3687
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1916—#3,8975
1915—#3,3926
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five boys were named Randy! It came in at #3,392, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1916–1917, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Randy is popular in 1952

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #83 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 392 boysAKMaine: #70 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 367 boysMEVermont: #89 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 488 boysVTNew Hampshire: #85 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 511 boysNHWashington: #28 for boys · 246 births · 1 in 122 boysWAIdaho: #12 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 58 boysIDMontana: #35 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 146 boysMTNorth Dakota: #34 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 129 boysNDMinnesota: #35 for boys · 242 births · 1 in 156 boysMNIllinois: #45 for boys · 441 births · 1 in 228 boysILWisconsin: #34 for boys · 310 births · 1 in 137 boysWIMichigan: #35 for boys · 485 births · 1 in 179 boysMINew York: #94 for boys · 296 births · 1 in 557 boysNYMassachusetts: #136 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 1,912 boysMARhode Island: #143 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,770 boysRIOregon: #27 for boys · 154 births · 1 in 120 boysORNevada: #28 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 105 boysNVWyoming: #27 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 111 boysWYSouth Dakota: #23 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 87 boysSDIowa: #26 for boys · 312 births · 1 in 99 boysIAIndiana: #35 for boys · 279 births · 1 in 181 boysINOhio: #40 for boys · 487 births · 1 in 208 boysOHPennsylvania: #59 for boys · 390 births · 1 in 302 boysPANew Jersey: #96 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 799 boysNJConnecticut: #107 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 1,032 boysCTCalifornia: #36 for boys · 767 births · 1 in 183 boysCAUtah: #10 for boys · 208 births · 1 in 53 boysUTColorado: #35 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 161 boysCONebraska: #24 for boys · 168 births · 1 in 93 boysNEMissouri: #32 for boys · 270 births · 1 in 164 boysMOKentucky: #56 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 283 boysKYWest Virginia: #34 for boys · 137 births · 1 in 173 boysWVVirginia: #80 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 391 boysVAMaryland: #88 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 485 boysMDDelaware: #77 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 425 boysDEArizona: #59 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 269 boysAZNew Mexico: #54 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 235 boysNMKansas: #25 for boys · 199 births · 1 in 113 boysKSArkansas: #38 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 170 boysARTennessee: #46 for boys · 169 births · 1 in 233 boysTNNorth Carolina: #39 for boys · 287 births · 1 in 185 boysNCSouth Carolina: #57 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 242 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #142 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 961 boysDCOklahoma: #25 for boys · 204 births · 1 in 118 boysOKLouisiana: #68 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 280 boysLAMississippi: #83 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 374 boysMSAlabama: #44 for boys · 192 births · 1 in 202 boysALGeorgia: #44 for boys · 232 births · 1 in 201 boysGAHawaii: #91 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 319 boysHITexas: #41 for boys · 536 births · 1 in 215 boysTXFlorida: #83 for boys · 93 births · 1 in 382 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#10 · 1 in 53
  2. Idaho#12 · 1 in 58
  3. South Dakota#23 · 1 in 87
  4. Nebraska#24 · 1 in 93
  5. Kansas#25 · 1 in 113

Best ever in a state: #10 in Utah, 1952.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#102081 in 53
Idaho#121241 in 58
South Dakota#23961 in 87
Nebraska#241681 in 93
Kansas#251991 in 113
Oklahoma#252041 in 118
Iowa#263121 in 99
Oregon#271541 in 120
Wyoming#27311 in 111
Nevada#28161 in 105
Washington#282461 in 122
Missouri#322701 in 164
North Dakota#34591 in 129
West Virginia#341371 in 173
Wisconsin#343101 in 137
Colorado#351121 in 161
Indiana#352791 in 181
Michigan#354851 in 179
Minnesota#352421 in 156
Montana#35491 in 146
California#367671 in 183
Arkansas#381261 in 170
North Carolina#392871 in 185
Ohio#404871 in 208
Texas#415361 in 215
Alabama#441921 in 202
Georgia#442321 in 201
Illinois#454411 in 228
Tennessee#461691 in 233
New Mexico#54471 in 235
Kentucky#561261 in 283
South Carolina#571241 in 242
Arizona#59441 in 269
Pennsylvania#593901 in 302
Louisiana#681341 in 280
Maine#70271 in 367
Delaware#7791 in 425
Virginia#801051 in 391
Alaska#8361 in 392
Florida#83931 in 382
Mississippi#83771 in 374
New Hampshire#85111 in 511
Maryland#88571 in 485
Vermont#8981 in 488
Hawaii#91211 in 319
New York#942961 in 557
New Jersey#96651 in 799
Connecticut#107211 in 1,032
Massachusetts#136271 in 1,912
District of Columbia#142151 in 961
Rhode Island#14351 in 1,770

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 Randy
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 71 spots since 2024 (#1,013 → #1,084)
  • 226 spots since 2020 (#858 → #1,084)
  • 515 spots since 2015 (#569 → #1,084)
  • Biggest jump: 235 spots in 1935 (#1,150 → #915)
  • Biggest drop: 150 spots in 2020 (#708 → #858)
Rise & fade · boys
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1956 at #28 (16,547 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 37 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 37 yrs · run 1948–1984
  • Top 1,000: 89 yrs · run 1935–2023
Share of babies · boys
1 in 128
  • Highest: 1 in 128 boys born in 1956 were named Randy (0.78%)
  • Latest: 1 in 8,627 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 36.6% of all boys named Randy (120,537) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s24#3,368 (1918)#3,598
1920s79#2,302 (1926)#3,105
1930s530#492 (1939)#1,151
1940s14,165#92 (1949)#220
1950s120,537#28 (1956)#40
1960s93,878#32 (1960)#42
1970s36,545#59 (1970)#77
1980s29,512#87 (1980)#102
1990s16,785#131 (1990)#195
2000s10,356#278 (2000)#305
2010s5,634#347 (2010)#532
2020s1,423#858 (2020)#956

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.

Randy in 1952

girls
#562
239 births · 1 in 7,759 girls
boys
#41
8,646 births · 1 in 225 boys

Top girls' names in 1952

  1. #1Linda67,082
  2. #2Mary65,629
  3. #3Patricia53,101
  4. #4Deborah49,811
  5. #5Susan41,348
  6. #6Barbara39,864
  7. #7Nancy31,739
  8. #8Karen28,956
  9. #9Debra26,832
  10. #10Sandra26,097
  11. #562Randy239

Top boys' names in 1952

  1. #1James87,065
  2. #2Robert86,588
  3. #3John83,140
  4. #4Michael79,037
  5. #5David71,752
  6. #6William63,039
  7. #7Richard58,350
  8. #8Thomas48,647
  9. #9Charles38,866
  10. #10Gary38,754
  11. #41Randy8,646
More about 1952

girls

1,854,335 girls got a published name in 1952; 1 in 7,759 of them was named Randy, which outranked 91.2% of the 6,389 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Randy
  1. #559Nola240
  2. #559Ollie240
  3. #559Tonya240
  4. #562Randy239
  5. #562Elvira239
  6. #564Roxie237
  7. #565Karol236
  8. #565Kristie236

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1951
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,501Pandora#3,284 → #783
  2. ↑ 368Lise#1,314 → #946
  3. ↑ 353Vanessa#656 → #303
  4. ↑ 334Dorinda#1,170 → #836
  5. ↑ 332Mitzi#928 → #596
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Rhona#988 → #1,368
  2. ↓ 342Sharleen#765 → #1,107
  3. ↓ 270Enid#908 → #1,178
  4. ↓ 237Allyn#988 → #1,225
  5. ↓ 230Sheron#908 → #1,138

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

boys

1,943,633 boys got a published name in 1952; 1 in 225 of them was named Randy, which outranked 99.0% of the 4,257 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Randy
  1. #38Wayne9,087
  2. #39Gerald9,031
  3. #40Danny8,821
  4. #41Randy8,646
  5. #42Alan8,310
  6. #43Kevin7,916
  7. #44Walter7,897
Biggest movers since 1951
Risers
  1. ↑ 753Darren#1,598 → #845
  2. ↑ 372Robby#1,242 → #870
  3. ↑ 355Cris#1,218 → #863
  4. ↑ 301Ethan#1,295 → #994
  5. ↑ 280Adan#1,150 → #870
Fallers
  1. ↓ 477Ottis#984 → #1,461
  2. ↓ 408Wayland#915 → #1,323
  3. ↓ 330Mcarthur#806 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 305Arvin#963 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 285Levon#881 → #1,166

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

See the top 100 for 1952 →