first name
RANDOLPH
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 28,785 people named Randolph, 64.5% reported their origin as White, 22.1% as Black and 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Randolph peaked in 1952, when 1,817 babies got the name.
At least 49,536 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Randolph by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #388. The largest share of babies named Randolph, 49.9%, 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 Randolph is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Randolph has been most common in Virginia (3.6×), District of Columbia (2.8×), and South Carolina (2.8×), and least common in Idaho (0.19×).
44,272 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 Randolph
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Randolph, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Randolph ranks #866 of 156,621, with 39,297 people. See Randolph as a last name
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