Girls' name · peaked in 1982
Randi name popularity since 1925
30,799 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Randi (96.3% girls, 3.7% boys). Half of them were born in 1983 or earlier, so the typical Randi is about 43 years old in 2026. Randi peaked in 1982 as the #235 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 30,799
- Named Randi, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #4,252 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 96.3% girls
- 29,663 girls · 1,136 boys
- Most popular in
- Washington
- 1.82× its national share
Peak year is the year Randi made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Randi births per year, 1925–2025
1982 was the biggest year for Randi both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1946 and 1951, Randi became 3.2× more common, from 1 in 15,400 baby girls to 1 in 4,870.
- Steepest fall: Between 1997 and 2002, its share of baby girls fell by 58%, from 1 in 4,230 to 1 in 9,980.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Randi's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Randi.
Decade by decade
Babies named Randi in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 23 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 740 | 8 | #1,372 |
| 1950s | 3,561 | 270 | #452 |
| 1960s | 3,412 | 231 | #535 |
| 1970s | 3,580 | 144 | #471 |
| 1980s | 9,724 | 236 | #262 |
| 1990s | 5,730 | 104 | #453 |
| 2000s | 1,779 | 116 | #1,249 |
| 2010s | 796 | 27 | #2,453 |
| 2020–25 | 318 | 0 | #4,252 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
45.3% of babies named Randi from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Randi is most popular
The index compares Randi'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 Randi.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Washington | 1.82× | 796 |
| Oklahoma | 1.68× | 572 |
| New York | 1.66× | 3,295 |
| Utah | 1.60× | 355 |
| Oregon | 1.39× | 340 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Randi and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Randi (this page) | 29,663 | 1982 |
| Randee | 2,833 | 1981 |
| Randie | 1,541 | 1952 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Randi's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Randi.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Randi (1982).
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