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.

Randel

#2,154 most common boys' name of all time · #5,158 across all names · 99% boys / 1% girls · used 1914–2023

Rank among boys
#2,154
Rank overall
#5,158 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
103 of 146
All-time
3,676
Since 2016
29
Peak year
1957 #677
Best rank
#660 1953
Girls Boys peak 128/yr
192019401960198020002020

Randel first appears in 1914. 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
2023 — 5 5 #12,385
2022 — 6 6 #10,973
2018 — 8 8 #8,881
2017 — 5 5 #12,377
2016 — 5 5 #12,325
2013 — 5 5 #12,267
2012 — 11 11 #7,088
2011 — 5 5 #12,421
2010 — 11 11 #7,135
2009 — 11 11 #7,281
2008 — 6 6 #11,161
2007 — 11 11 #7,163
2006 — 12 12 #6,512
2005 — 11 11 #6,687
2004 — 6 6 #10,067
2003 — 12 12 #5,928
2002 — 13 13 #5,439
2001 — 11 11 #6,065
2000 — 12 12 #5,637
1999 — 15 15 #4,575
1998 — 18 18 #3,884
1997 — 21 21 #3,371
1996 — 11 11 #5,243
1995 — 20 20 #3,327
1994 — 19 19 #3,491
1993 — 24 24 #2,883
1992 5 23 28 #2,940
1991 — 30 30 #2,363
1990 — 33 33 #2,187
1989 — 38 38 #1,932
1988 6 34 40 #1,919
1987 7 33 40 #1,913
1986 7 32 39 #1,890
1985 — 45 45 #1,491
1984 — 24 24 #2,187
1983 — 37 37 #1,605
1982 — 20 20 #2,463
1981 — 23 23 #2,233
1980 — 34 34 #1,713
1979 — 37 37 #1,583
1978 — 24 24 #2,032
1977 — 34 34 #1,630
1976 — 34 34 #1,590
1975 — 38 38 #1,445
1974 — 38 38 #1,402
1973 — 36 36 #1,419
1972 — 52 52 #1,134
1971 — 48 48 #1,188
1970 — 60 60 #1,056
1969 — 57 57 #1,024
1968 — 42 42 #1,179
1967 — 62 62 #919
1966 — 76 76 #839
1965 — 75 75 #852
1964 — 68 68 #928
1963 — 83 83 #835
1962 — 112 112 #727
1961 — 116 116 #715
1960 — 122 122 #712
1959 — 110 110 #733
1958 — 128 128 #673
1957 — 128 128 #677
1956 — 113 113 #698
1955 — 111 111 #698
1954 — 111 111 #687
1953 — 116 116 #660
1952 — 97 97 #716
1951 — 106 106 #680
1950 — 84 84 #754
1949 — 68 68 #832
1948 — 60 60 #890
1947 — 57 57 #935
1946 — 44 44 #1,042
1945 — 28 28 #1,268
1944 — 30 30 #1,233
1943 — 18 18 #1,755
1942 — 27 27 #1,355
1941 — 29 29 #1,251
1940 — 28 28 #1,287
1939 — 21 21 #1,486
1938 — 16 16 #1,806
1937 — 17 17 #1,752
1936 — 18 18 #1,634
1935 — 13 13 #2,113
1934 — 9 9 #2,687
1933 — 13 13 #2,080
1932 — 6 6 #3,598
1931 — 10 10 #2,607
1930 — 9 9 #2,962
1929 — 8 8 #3,166
1928 — 6 6 #3,920
1927 — 18 18 #1,948
1926 — 13 13 #2,417
1925 — 8 8 #3,308
1924 — 7 7 #3,710
1923 — 8 8 #3,356
1922 — 6 6 #4,072
1921 — 5 5 #4,562
1920 — 9 9 #3,136
1919 — 5 5 #4,419
1917 — 5 5 #4,249
1915 — 8 8 #3,019
1914 — 6 6 #3,228