Girls' name · since 1978
Randilyn
102 babies named Randilyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,935 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 102
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
102 girls have been named Randilyn since 1978, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Randilyn has 102 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2017.
- #26,935 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 102 born since 1978
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Randilyn ranks #26,935 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 102 born since 1978, peaking in the 1980s.
- #26,935 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 102
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Randilyn's 102 recorded births place it above 62.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Randilyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Randilyn splits its recorded history at 1991: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1988 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Randilyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2017
- Peak year (1988)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Randilyn by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (38 births, 37% of the file).
1980s was Randilyn's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Randilyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
38 births
- 1990s
1990s
25 births
- 2000s
2000s
28 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 38 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Randilyn's decade-level peak was the 1980s (38 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Randilyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1978–2017 (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 Randilyn 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.