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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #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 1954

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #36 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 157 boysAKMaine: #70 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 343 boysMEVermont: #87 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 444 boysVTNew Hampshire: #70 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 404 boysNHWashington: #22 for boys · 342 births · 1 in 90 boysWAIdaho: #16 for boys · 110 births · 1 in 67 boysIDMontana: #31 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 129 boysMTNorth Dakota: #30 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 92 boysNDMinnesota: #28 for boys · 382 births · 1 in 102 boysMNIllinois: #37 for boys · 621 births · 1 in 171 boysILWisconsin: #28 for boys · 404 births · 1 in 109 boysWIMichigan: #28 for boys · 802 births · 1 in 117 boysMINew York: #80 for boys · 378 births · 1 in 450 boysNYMassachusetts: #113 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 1,270 boysMARhode Island: #86 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 705 boysRIOregon: #21 for boys · 216 births · 1 in 84 boysORNevada: #30 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 119 boysNVWyoming: #20 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 86 boysWYSouth Dakota: #17 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 65 boysSDIowa: #14 for boys · 505 births · 1 in 61 boysIAIndiana: #28 for boys · 485 births · 1 in 108 boysINOhio: #31 for boys · 784 births · 1 in 139 boysOHPennsylvania: #40 for boys · 608 births · 1 in 198 boysPANew Jersey: #84 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 597 boysNJConnecticut: #74 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 465 boysCTCalifornia: #35 for boys · 902 births · 1 in 170 boysCAUtah: #13 for boys · 185 births · 1 in 61 boysUTColorado: #28 for boys · 146 births · 1 in 130 boysCONebraska: #22 for boys · 176 births · 1 in 88 boysNEMissouri: #28 for boys · 393 births · 1 in 119 boysMOKentucky: #48 for boys · 161 births · 1 in 229 boysKYWest Virginia: #26 for boys · 221 births · 1 in 102 boysWVVirginia: #48 for boys · 180 births · 1 in 243 boysVAMaryland: #75 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 391 boysMDDelaware: #86 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 472 boysDEArizona: #36 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 182 boysAZNew Mexico: #45 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 187 boysNMKansas: #20 for boys · 307 births · 1 in 79 boysKSArkansas: #28 for boys · 183 births · 1 in 115 boysARTennessee: #35 for boys · 267 births · 1 in 156 boysTNNorth Carolina: #22 for boys · 526 births · 1 in 105 boysNCSouth Carolina: #44 for boys · 161 births · 1 in 195 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #102 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 541 boysDCOklahoma: #20 for boys · 302 births · 1 in 82 boysOKLouisiana: #30 for boys · 263 births · 1 in 153 boysLAMississippi: #44 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 217 boysMSAlabama: #29 for boys · 284 births · 1 in 137 boysALGeorgia: #29 for boys · 375 births · 1 in 129 boysGAHawaii: #81 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 275 boysHITexas: #32 for boys · 790 births · 1 in 153 boysTXFlorida: #45 for boys · 172 births · 1 in 238 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#13 · 1 in 61
  2. Iowa#14 · 1 in 61
  3. Idaho#16 · 1 in 67
  4. South Dakota#17 · 1 in 65
  5. Kansas#20 · 1 in 79

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#131851 in 61
Iowa#145051 in 61
Idaho#161101 in 67
South Dakota#171261 in 65
Kansas#203071 in 79
Oklahoma#203021 in 82
Wyoming#20421 in 86
Oregon#212161 in 84
Nebraska#221761 in 88
North Carolina#225261 in 105
Washington#223421 in 90
West Virginia#262211 in 102
Arkansas#281831 in 115
Colorado#281461 in 130
Indiana#284851 in 108
Michigan#288021 in 117
Minnesota#283821 in 102
Missouri#283931 in 119
Wisconsin#284041 in 109
Alabama#292841 in 137
Georgia#293751 in 129
Louisiana#302631 in 153
Nevada#30191 in 119
North Dakota#30841 in 92
Montana#31581 in 129
Ohio#317841 in 139
Texas#327901 in 153
California#359021 in 170
Tennessee#352671 in 156
Alaska#36191 in 157
Arizona#36711 in 182
Illinois#376211 in 171
Pennsylvania#406081 in 198
Mississippi#441351 in 217
South Carolina#441611 in 195
Florida#451721 in 238
New Mexico#45621 in 187
Kentucky#481611 in 229
Virginia#481801 in 243
Maine#70301 in 343
New Hampshire#70141 in 404
Connecticut#74511 in 465
Maryland#75771 in 391
New York#803781 in 450
Hawaii#81251 in 275
New Jersey#84941 in 597
Delaware#8691 in 472
Rhode Island#86131 in 705
Vermont#8791 in 444
District of Columbia#102271 in 541
Massachusetts#113421 in 1,270

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 1954

girls
#656
195 births · 1 in 9,959 girls
boys
#33
12,638 births · 1 in 161 boys

Top girls' names in 1954

  1. #1Mary68,019
  2. #2Linda55,371
  3. #3Deborah54,674
  4. #4Patricia49,149
  5. #5Susan47,162
  6. #6Debra45,896
  7. #7Barbara36,368
  8. #8Karen32,456
  9. #9Nancy30,270
  10. #10Cynthia27,615
  11. #656Randy195

Top boys' names in 1954

  1. #1Michael88,568
  2. #2Robert86,331
  3. #3James86,311
  4. #4John81,168
  5. #5David79,556
  6. #6William61,426
  7. #7Richard57,042
  8. #8Thomas47,159
  9. #9Gary37,920
  10. #10Charles37,463
  11. #33Randy12,638
More about 1954

girls

1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 9,959 of them was named Randy, which outranked 90.1% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Randy
  1. #652Laureen198
  2. #652Lottie198
  3. #655Rebekah197
  4. #656Randy195
  5. #656Bernadine195
  6. #656Beulah195
  7. #656Doretha195
  8. #663Cornelia194
  9. #663Dorthy194
  10. #663Greta194

Tied with 6 names at #656; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,699Sherree#2,699 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,434Sabrina#2,236 → #802
  3. ↑ 932Valinda#1,738 → #806
  4. ↑ 748Sheree#1,071 → #323
  5. ↑ 421Sherie#1,248 → #827
Fallers
  1. ↓ 396Enola#948 → #1,344
  2. ↓ 311Ila#782 → #1,093
  3. ↓ 302Nancie#816 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 282Arline#904 → #1,186
  5. ↓ 269Candyce#944 → #1,213

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

boys

2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 161 of them was named Randy, which outranked 99.2% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Randy
  1. #30Bruce14,155
  2. #31Jerry13,681
  3. #32Anthony13,124
  4. #33Randy12,638
  5. #34Roger11,717
  6. #35Raymond11,242
  7. #36Frank10,995
Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. ↑ 592Ricci#1,331 → #739
  2. ↑ 470Demetrius#1,357 → #887
  3. ↑ 382Crawford#1,378 → #996
  4. ↑ 310Gavin#1,139 → #829
  5. ↑ 296Dino#1,058 → #762
Fallers
  1. ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
  2. ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
  3. ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268

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

See the top 100 for 1954 →