Randy — #1019 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Randy

The Social Security Administration has registered 329,266 babies named Randy between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Randy currently holds the #1019 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 16,547 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Randy performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 120,534 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Randy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 30,195 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Randy in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Randy 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 329,266 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.