Boys' name · since 1915
Randy
Randy has 329,468 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1956 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #106 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,086 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 329,468
- born since 1915
- 1950s
- peak decade
329,468 babies have been named Randy since 1915, making it today's #1086 boys' name.
Randy has 329,468 recorded births among boys since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1086 as of the latest data, more common than 92% of boys, 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 1915 to 2025.
- #106 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,086 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 329,468 born since 1915
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Randy ranks #106 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,086 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 329,468 born since 1915, peaking in the 1950s.
- #106 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,086 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 329,468
- born since 1915
- 1950s
- peak decade
Randy's 329,468 recorded births place it above 99.76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Randy compares
329,468 Top 1% higher than 99% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Randy's all-time total is 893x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Randy | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 329,468 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16,547 | 34 | 22,252 |
Randy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Randy's full recorded timeline at 1971, 29% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 71% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1916, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1956 peak of 16,547 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Randy popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (1956)
- 16,547
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Randy popularity over time - girls
5,004 total births recorded since 1923 (Randy as girls' name)
Randy by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (120,537 births, 37% of the file).
1950s was Randy's strongest decade.
120,537 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Randy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 24
1910s
24 births
- 1920s 79
1920s
79 births
- 1930s 530
1930s
530 births
- 1940s 14,165
1940s
14,165 births
- 1950s
1950s
120,537 births
- 1960s
1960s
93,878 births
- 1970s 36,545
1970s
36,545 births
- 1980s 29,512
1980s
29,512 births
- 1990s 16,785
1990s
16,785 births
- 2000s 10,356
2000s
10,356 births
- 2010s 5,634
2010s
5,634 births
- 2020s 1,423
2020s
1,423 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 120,537 births (37% of all-time use).
How Randy compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Randy's total volume
Randy by state
Where Randy concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 30,215 | 9.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 23,631 | 7.2% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 17,233 | 5.2% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 16,057 | 4.9% |
| #5 | New York | | 15,190 | 4.6% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 15,172 | 4.6% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 14,938 | 4.5% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 12,669 | 3.8% |
30,215 of 329,468 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Randy appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Randy's data
- Randy's decade-level peak was the 1950s (120,537 total births); usage has since declined to 1,423 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Randys (30,215 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Randy: 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 (~110 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, 1915–2025 (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 Randy 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.