first name
RANDAL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 24,441 people named Randal, 88.1% reported their origin as White, 4% as Black and 3% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Randal peaked in 1958, when 1,477 babies got the name.
At least 29,324 babies have been given the name since 1909. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Randal by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #480. The largest share of babies named Randal, 57.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Randal is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Randal has been most common in Hawaii (3.7×), Iowa (2.3×), and Wisconsin (2.3×), and least common in New Jersey (0.17×).
25,304 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Randal
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Randal, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Randal ranks #33,463 of 156,621, with 733 people. See Randal as a last name
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