Boys' name · peaked in 1960
Randall name popularity since 1925
197,373 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Randall (0.6% girls, 99.4% boys). Half of them were born in 1962 or earlier, so the typical Randall is about 64 years old in 2026. Randall peaked in 1960 as the #59 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 197,373
- Named Randall, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,506 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.4% boys
- 1,153 girls · 196,220 boys
- Most popular in
- West Virginia
- 2.19× its national share
Peak year is the year Randall 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.
Randall births per year, 1925–2025
1960 was the biggest year for Randall both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1942 and 1947, Randall became 2.8× more common, from 1 in 1,820 baby boys to 1 in 657.
- Steepest fall: Between 1993 and 1998, its share of baby boys fell by 44%, from 1 in 1,650 to 1 in 2,940.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Randall's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Randall.
Decade by decade
Babies named Randall 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 | 5 | 1,054 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 3,014 | #323 |
| 1940s | 122 | 17,774 | #149 |
| 1950s | 219 | 62,450 | #53 |
| 1960s | 201 | 52,055 | #73 |
| 1970s | 149 | 23,025 | #121 |
| 1980s | 349 | 19,326 | #146 |
| 1990s | 92 | 10,322 | #296 |
| 2000s | 16 | 4,074 | #602 |
| 2010s | 0 | 2,244 | #1,041 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 882 | #1,506 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
54.0% of babies named Randall from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Randall is most popular
The index compares Randall'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 Randall.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 2.19× | 3,769 |
| Hawaii | 2.17× | 1,326 |
| Iowa | 1.94× | 4,828 |
| Nebraska | 1.88× | 2,583 |
| Kentucky | 1.75× | 5,742 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Randall 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Randall (this page) | 196,220 | 1960 |
| Randal | 28,959 | 1958 |
| Randell | 9,853 | 1960 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Randall's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Randall.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Randall (1960).
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