Randal Boy
How popular is Randal?
#5,207 boy name in 2025
18 baby boys were named Randal in the US in 2025, making it the 5207th most popular boy name.
Randal popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #5,207 for boys (▲ 232 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 18 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-56% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,863 in 2015, #3,650 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1958 (1,477 boys) |
| Highest rank | #189 in 1958 |
| First recorded | 1909 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Randal counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Randall family of names ranked #1,162 for boys in 2025 (#1,245 the year before), with 147 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Randal is most popular
Babies named Randal per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Tennessee: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
Randal by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 9 | #1,020 |
| 1910s | 117 | #1,538 |
| 1920s | 208 | #1,379 |
| 1930s | 334 | #846 |
| 1940s | 1,707 | #324 |
| 1950s | 10,368 | #189 |
| 1960s | 8,386 | #218 |
| 1970s | 3,365 | #341 |
| 1980s | 2,418 | #509 |
| 1990s | 1,317 | #719 |
| 2000s | 533 | #1,644 |
| 2010s | 309 | #2,729 |
| 2020s | 121 | #3,650 |
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Questions
- Is Randal a boy or girl name?
- Randal is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Randal were boys.
- How popular is the name Randal?
- 18 baby boys were named Randal in the US in 2025, making it the 5207th most popular boy name.
- When was Randal most popular?
- Randal peaked in 1958, when 1,477 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #189 in 1958.
- How many people are named Randal?
- 29,324 babies have been named Randal in the US since 1880. We estimate about 22,852 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 63.
- Where is Randal most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Randal was most common in Tennessee, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.