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.

Randal

#679 most common boys' name of all time · #1,520 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · used 1909–2025

Rank among boys
#679
Rank overall
#1,520 of 105,966
First appeared
1909
Years on the list
115 of 146
All-time
29,324
Since 2016
224
Peak year
1958 #190
Best rank
#190 1958
Girls Boys peak 1,477/yr
192019401960198020002020

Randal first appears in 1909. 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 — 18 18 #5,227
2024 — 17 17 #5,466
2023 — 11 11 #7,321
2022 — 25 25 #4,196
2021 — 21 21 #4,640
2020 — 29 29 #3,664
2019 — 21 21 #4,649
2018 — 31 31 #3,535
2017 — 27 27 #3,896
2016 — 24 24 #4,214
2015 — 41 41 #2,871
2014 — 30 30 #3,540
2013 — 27 27 #3,765
2012 — 27 27 #3,816
2011 — 37 37 #3,054
2010 — 44 44 #2,740
2009 — 28 28 #3,740
2008 — 47 47 #2,638
2007 — 55 55 #2,345
2006 — 56 56 #2,256
2005 — 41 41 #2,663
2004 — 58 58 #2,058
2003 — 52 52 #2,131
2002 — 72 72 #1,649
2001 — 54 54 #1,991
2000 — 70 70 #1,655
1999 — 95 95 #1,289
1998 — 90 90 #1,323
1997 — 108 108 #1,145
1996 — 79 79 #1,361
1995 — 113 113 #1,058
1994 7 136 143 #949
1993 5 165 170 #823
1992 — 152 152 #860
1991 5 180 185 #763
1990 8 199 207 #723
1989 7 237 244 #651
1988 11 227 238 #632
1987 24 236 260 #590
1986 37 233 270 #584
1985 — 262 262 #543
1984 — 231 231 #563
1983 — 231 231 #554
1982 — 253 253 #541
1981 — 275 275 #510
1980 — 233 233 #567
1979 — 237 237 #560
1978 — 246 246 #525
1977 — 271 271 #494
1976 — 260 260 #495
1975 — 302 302 #465
1974 — 299 299 #462
1973 — 357 357 #415
1972 — 383 383 #401
1971 — 451 451 #379
1970 — 559 559 #341
1969 — 574 574 #324
1968 — 591 591 #311
1967 6 659 665 #283
1966 — 690 690 #278
1965 — 690 690 #285
1964 — 823 823 #269
1963 — 912 912 #251
1962 5 1,019 1,024 #244
1961 6 1,155 1,161 #233
1960 — 1,273 1,273 #218
1959 6 1,436 1,442 #201
1958 — 1,477 1,477 #190
1957 — 1,458 1,458 #192
1956 — 1,321 1,321 #203
1955 — 1,128 1,128 #214
1954 — 895 895 #236
1953 — 770 770 #244
1952 — 730 730 #254
1951 — 663 663 #261
1950 — 490 490 #305
1949 5 450 455 #324
1948 — 306 306 #390
1947 — 267 267 #419
1946 — 187 187 #468
1945 — 122 122 #543
1944 — 103 103 #611
1943 — 87 87 #691
1942 — 63 63 #818
1941 — 71 71 #738
1940 — 51 51 #891
1939 — 52 52 #854
1938 — 51 51 #882
1937 — 31 31 #1,208
1936 — 35 35 #1,116
1935 — 36 36 #1,094
1934 — 22 22 #1,486
1933 — 21 21 #1,531
1932 — 34 34 #1,171
1931 — 19 19 #1,676
1930 — 33 33 #1,256
1929 — 19 19 #1,774
1928 — 23 23 #1,596
1927 — 16 16 #2,096
1926 — 28 28 #1,401
1925 — 15 15 #2,151
1924 — 21 21 #1,761
1923 — 24 24 #1,580
1922 — 24 24 #1,579
1921 — 19 19 #1,877
1920 — 19 19 #1,861
1919 — 15 15 #2,122
1918 — 23 23 #1,585
1917 — 14 14 #2,153
1916 — 19 19 #1,682
1915 — 19 19 #1,646
1914 — 14 14 #1,750
1913 — 6 6 #2,637
1912 — 7 7 #2,181
1909 — 9 9 #1,081