Unisex name · since 1944
Rande
428 babies named Rande in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,659 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 428
- born since 1944
- 1950s
- peak decade
Rande is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 428 have been recorded since 1944.
Rande has 428 recorded births among boys since 1944, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 1992.
- #8,659 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 428 born since 1944
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rande ranks #8,659 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 428 born since 1944, peaking in the 1950s.
- #8,659 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 428
- born since 1944
- 1950s
- peak decade
Rande's 428 recorded births place it above 80.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
Rande's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rande's full recorded timeline at 1960, 33% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 67% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1944, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1956 peak of 32 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rande popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–1992
- Peak year (1956)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Rande popularity over time - girls
188 total births recorded since 1946 (Rande as girls' name)
Rande by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (236 births, 55% of the file).
1950s was Rande's strongest decade.
236 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Rande births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 49
1940s
49 births
- 1950s
1950s
236 births
- 1960s 83
1960s
83 births
- 1970s 28
1970s
28 births
- 1980s 19
1980s
19 births
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 236 births (55% of all-time use).
Rande by state
Where Rande concentrates geographically, total births since 1944
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 2.6% |
| #2 | Iowa | | 5 | 1.2% |
| #3 | Minnesota | | 5 | 1.2% |
11 of 428 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Rande's data
- Rande's decade-level peak was the 1950s (236 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Randes (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rande: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1956)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1944–1992 (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 Rande 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.