Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Rand

#2,384 most common boys' name of all time · #5,764 across all names · 95% male / 5% female · used 1913–2025

Rank among boys
#2,384
Rank overall
#5,764 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
98 of 146
All-time
3,101
Since 2016
220
Peak year
1952 #657
Best rank
#657 1952
Girls Boys peak 112/yr
192019401960198020002020

Rand first appears in 1913. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 6 15 21 #5,901
2024 7 20 27 #4,912
2023 — 11 11 #7,331
2022 — 16 16 #5,658
2021 — 16 16 #5,594
2020 — 20 20 #4,722
2019 8 16 24 #5,584
2018 6 18 24 #5,131
2017 9 20 29 #4,771
2016 11 21 32 #4,643
2015 11 18 29 #5,090
2014 13 18 31 #5,080
2013 5 15 20 #5,689
2012 7 22 29 #4,401
2011 5 22 27 #4,377
2010 6 16 22 #5,512
2009 5 13 18 #6,465
2008 — 15 15 #5,802
2007 5 13 18 #6,298
2006 7 15 22 #5,543
2005 6 16 22 #5,070
2004 — 22 22 #4,025
2003 5 15 20 #5,062
2002 8 17 25 #4,534
2001 5 8 13 #7,623
2000 — 18 18 #4,234
1999 — 20 20 #3,719
1998 — 15 15 #4,444
1997 6 18 24 #3,756
1996 — 16 16 #4,056
1995 — 17 17 #3,728
1994 — 23 23 #3,047
1993 — 12 12 #4,748
1992 — 25 25 #2,768
1991 — 15 15 #3,851
1990 — 10 10 #5,046
1989 — 17 17 #3,361
1988 — 17 17 #3,116
1987 — 22 22 #2,496
1986 — 26 26 #2,179
1985 — 17 17 #2,859
1984 — 11 11 #3,759
1983 — 17 17 #2,709
1982 — 14 14 #3,165
1981 — 18 18 #2,607
1980 — 18 18 #2,652
1979 — 18 18 #2,595
1978 — 12 12 #3,268
1977 — 11 11 #3,455
1976 — 16 16 #2,638
1975 — 22 22 #2,095
1974 — 17 17 #2,399
1973 — 20 20 #2,080
1972 — 15 15 #2,472
1971 — 19 19 #2,162
1970 — 28 28 #1,636
1969 — 33 33 #1,405
1968 — 38 38 #1,242
1967 — 46 46 #1,095
1966 — 47 47 #1,083
1965 — 33 33 #1,351
1964 — 54 54 #1,028
1963 — 39 39 #1,252
1962 — 63 63 #963
1961 — 69 69 #925
1960 — 56 56 #1,028
1959 — 78 78 #869
1958 — 93 93 #774
1957 — 102 102 #746
1956 — 99 99 #739
1955 — 81 81 #817
1954 — 108 108 #696
1953 — 102 102 #705
1952 — 112 112 #657
1951 — 102 102 #696
1950 — 105 105 #678
1949 — 100 100 #686
1948 — 88 88 #716
1947 — 65 65 #868
1946 — 41 41 #1,091
1945 — 39 39 #1,034
1944 — 34 34 #1,151
1943 — 28 28 #1,339
1942 — 19 19 #1,666
1941 — 20 20 #1,579
1940 — 10 10 #2,431
1939 — 7 7 #2,991
1938 — 12 12 #2,160
1937 — 13 13 #2,066
1936 — 8 8 #2,775
1935 — 6 6 #3,450
1934 — 5 5 #3,883
1933 — 6 6 #3,465
1932 — 5 5 #3,977
1929 — 10 10 #2,714
1927 — 6 6 #3,951
1922 — 9 9 #3,158
1913 — 7 7 #2,487