Rand
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Rand is a name of Germanic origin, meaning “shield rim”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Rand mean?
Germanic: short form of Randall or Randolph; also a surname
“shield rim”
The Germanic element rand referred to the rim of a shield, as in Randolph.
- Say it
- RAND
Is Rand a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Rand has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 15 boys in the US.
How popular is Rand in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 7 boys.
In 2016, 30% of the babies named Rand in the UK were girls.
Rand in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
How popular is Rand in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Rand, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 1952, with 112 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913. 6 girls were also named Rand in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
Half of all the boys named Rand in the US since 1880 were born between 1951 and 1982, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2016, 34% of the babies named Rand in the US were girls.
Rand in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 22 | #4,000 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 23 | #3,024 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 25 | #2,741 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,319 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,074 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,464 |
| 1986 | 26 | #2,159 |
| 1985 | 17 | #2,825 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,675 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,568 |
| 1980 | 18 | #2,616 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,567 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,214 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 16 | #2,600 |
| 1975 | 22 | #2,064 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,356 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,035 |
| 1972 | 15 | #2,418 |
| 1971 | 19 | #2,125 |
| 1970 | 28 | #1,614 |
| 1969 | 33 | #1,396 |
| 1968 | 38 | #1,233 |
| 1967 | 46 | #1,087 |
| 1966 | 47 | #1,073 |
| 1965 | 33 | #1,334 |
| 1964 | 54 | #1,025 |
| 1963 | 39 | #1,237 |
| 1962 | 63 | #952 |
| 1961 | 69 | #914 |
| 1960 | 56 | #1,020 |
| 1959 | 78 | #863 |
| 1958 | 93 | #770 |
| 1957 | 102 | #743 |
| 1956 | 99 | #736 |
| 1955 | 81 | #811 |
| 1954 | 108 | #693 |
| 1953 | 102 | #700 |
| 1952 | 112 | #652 |
| 1951 | 102 | #692 |
| 1950 | 105 | #676 |
| 1949 | 100 | #682 |
| 1948 | 88 | #712 |
| 1947 | 65 | #860 |
| 1946 | 41 | #1,075 |
| 1945 | 39 | #1,015 |
| 1944 | 34 | #1,135 |
| 1943 | 28 | #1,307 |
| 1942 | 19 | #1,629 |
| 1941 | 20 | #1,532 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,322 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,084 |
| 1937 | 13 | #1,992 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,628 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
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