Randle — boys' name
2,924 babies named Randle in U.S. Social Security records since 1882, with the highest year being 1954. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
23% of everyone ever named Randle was born in this single decade.
84 babies were named Randle in 1954 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Randle
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,924 babies named Randle between 1882 and 2019, spanning 138 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Randle currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 84 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Randle performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 667 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Randle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 255 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Randle in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Randle 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 2,924 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.
Randle at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Randle popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1882
- Peak year (1954)
- 84
- Annual births at peak — across 138 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
2,924 total births across 138 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1954 with 84 births in a single year.
Randle popularity over time — girls
7 total births recorded since 1986 (Randle as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Randle accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Randle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 667 births that decade — 23% of Randle's all-time total
Randle decade highlights
- Peak decade 667 births
- Runner-up 512 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Randle's strongest decade
667 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Randle by state
Where Randle concentrates geographically — total births since 1882
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 255 | 8.7% |
| #2 | Tennessee | | 131 | 4.5% |
| #3 | Mississippi | | 106 | 3.6% |
| #4 | California | | 55 | 1.9% |
| #5 | Kentucky | | 22 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 15 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 15 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Arkansas | | 13 | 0.4% |
255 of 2,924 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.7% of nationwide
- Tennessee 4.5% of nationwide
- Mississippi 3.6% of nationwide
- California 1.9% of nationwide
- Kentucky 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 16 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Randle appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1882–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.