Randal — #5454 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Randal

The Social Security Administration has registered 29,174 babies named Randal between 1909 and 2024, spanning 116 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Randal currently holds the #5454 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 1,477 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Randal performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 10,367 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Randal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,483 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Randal in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Randal in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 29,174 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.