Girls' name · since 1916
Randa
Randa has 3,690 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,146 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,012 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,690
- born since 1916
- 1980s
- peak decade
3,690 babies have been named Randa since 1916, making it today's #11012 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Randa has been recorded 3,690 times among girls since 1916, currently ranked #11012 nationally and more common than 36% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2025.
- #3,146 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,012 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,690 born since 1916
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Randa ranks #3,146 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,012 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,690 born since 1916, peaking in the 1980s.
- #3,146 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,012 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,690
- born since 1916
- 1980s
- peak decade
Randa's 3,690 recorded births place it above 95.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
19 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Randa compares
3,690 Top 16% higher than 84% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Randa's all-time total is 10x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Randa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,690 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 107 | 21 | 19,840 |
Randa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Randa's SSA record in two at 1981 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1928, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1991 peak of 107, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Randa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (1991)
- 107
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Randa by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (737 births, 20% of the file).
1980s was Randa's strongest decade.
737 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Randa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 14
1930s
14 births
- 1940s
1940s
360 births
- 1950s
1950s
551 births
- 1960s
1960s
439 births
- 1970s
1970s
577 births
- 1980s
1980s
737 births
- 1990s
1990s
651 births
- 2000s 221
2000s
221 births
- 2010s 90
2010s
90 births
- 2020s 39
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 737 births (20% of all-time use).
How Randa compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Randa's total volume
Randa by state
Where Randa concentrates geographically, total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 386 | 10.5% |
| #2 | California | | 155 | 4.2% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 62 | 1.7% |
| #4 | Oklahoma | | 53 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 31 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 28 | 0.8% |
| #7 | New York | | 24 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Kentucky | | 21 | 0.6% |
386 of 3,690 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Randa appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Randa's data
- Randa's decade-level peak was the 1980s (737 total births); usage has since declined to 39 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Randas (386 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Randa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~109 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1916–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Randa draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.