Boys' name · peaked in 1958
Randal name popularity since 1925
29,091 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Randal. Half of them were born in 1961 or earlier, so the typical Randal is about 65 years old in 2026. Randal peaked in 1958 as the #190 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 29,091
- Named Randal, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #5,345 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.5% boys
- 132 girls · 28,959 boys
- Most popular in
- Iowa
- 2.39× its national share
Peak year is the year Randal made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Randal births per year, 1925–2025
1958 was the biggest year for Randal both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1944 and 1949, Randal became 3.4× more common, from 1 in 13,200 baby boys to 1 in 3,940.
- Steepest fall: Between 1969 and 1974, its share of baby boys fell by 41%, from 1 in 3,120 to 1 in 5,260.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Randal's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Randal.
Decade by decade
Babies named Randal in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 101 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 334 | #1,095 |
| 1940s | 5 | 1,707 | #542 |
| 1950s | 6 | 10,368 | #214 |
| 1960s | 17 | 8,386 | #285 |
| 1970s | 0 | 3,365 | #465 |
| 1980s | 79 | 2,418 | #543 |
| 1990s | 25 | 1,317 | #1,060 |
| 2000s | 0 | 533 | #2,689 |
| 2010s | 0 | 309 | #2,903 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 121 | #5,345 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
57.7% of babies named Randal from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Randal is most popular
The index compares Randal's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Randal.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 2.39× | 778 |
| Wisconsin | 2.30× | 1,160 |
| Nebraska | 2.18× | 391 |
| Kansas | 1.78× | 464 |
| Oklahoma | 1.64× | 546 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Randal and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Randal (this page) | 28,959 | 1958 |
| Randall | 196,220 | 1960 |
| Randel | 3,592 | 1958 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Randal's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Randal.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Randal (1958).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data