Randal
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Randal is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Randal mean?
Germanic
A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Randall.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Randal a girl's or a boy's name?
Randal is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Randal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Randal, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,650th. Its busiest year was 1958, with 1,477 boys. It first appears in the records in 1909.
Half of all the boys named Randal in the US since 1880 were born between 1956 and 1971, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 135 boys in the US were given Randal or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,244, up from #5,207 for this spelling alone.
- Randall 117
- Randal 18
Randal in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 29 | #3,650 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 31 | #3,520 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,885 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 41 | #2,863 |
| 2014 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,751 |
| 2012 | 27 | #3,804 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,045 |
| 2010 | 44 | #2,729 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,719 |
| 2008 | 47 | #2,631 |
| 2007 | 55 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 56 | #2,247 |
| 2005 | 41 | #2,649 |
| 2004 | 58 | #2,047 |
| 2003 | 52 | #2,124 |
| 2002 | 72 | #1,644 |
| 2001 | 54 | #1,978 |
| 2000 | 70 | #1,649 |
| 1999 | 95 | #1,280 |
| 1998 | 90 | #1,319 |
| 1997 | 108 | #1,140 |
| 1996 | 79 | #1,357 |
| 1995 | 113 | #1,050 |
| 1994 | 136 | #945 |
| 1993 | 165 | #821 |
| 1992 | 152 | #856 |
| 1991 | 180 | #758 |
| 1990 | 199 | #719 |
| 1989 | 237 | #647 |
| 1988 | 227 | #631 |
| 1987 | 236 | #589 |
| 1986 | 233 | #582 |
| 1985 | 262 | #542 |
| 1984 | 231 | #563 |
| 1983 | 231 | #553 |
| 1982 | 253 | #541 |
| 1981 | 275 | #509 |
| 1980 | 233 | #565 |
| 1979 | 237 | #558 |
| 1978 | 246 | #523 |
| 1977 | 271 | #493 |
| 1976 | 260 | #495 |
| 1975 | 302 | #464 |
| 1974 | 299 | #461 |
| 1973 | 357 | #413 |
| 1972 | 383 | #401 |
| 1971 | 451 | #379 |
| 1970 | 559 | #341 |
| 1969 | 574 | #324 |
| 1968 | 591 | #311 |
| 1967 | 659 | #283 |
| 1966 | 690 | #278 |
| 1965 | 690 | #285 |
| 1964 | 823 | #269 |
| 1963 | 912 | #251 |
| 1962 | 1,019 | #244 |
| 1961 | 1,155 | #233 |
| 1960 | 1,273 | #218 |
| 1959 | 1,436 | #201 |
| 1958 | 1,477 | #189 |
| 1957 | 1,458 | #192 |
| 1956 | 1,321 | #203 |
| 1955 | 1,128 | #214 |
| 1954 | 895 | #236 |
| 1953 | 770 | #243 |
| 1952 | 730 | #254 |
| 1951 | 663 | #260 |
| 1950 | 490 | #305 |
| 1949 | 450 | #324 |
| 1948 | 306 | #390 |
| 1947 | 267 | #418 |
| 1946 | 187 | #467 |
| 1945 | 122 | #540 |
| 1944 | 103 | #604 |
| 1943 | 87 | #691 |
| 1942 | 63 | #812 |
| 1941 | 71 | #733 |
| 1940 | 51 | #881 |
| 1939 | 52 | #846 |
| 1938 | 51 | #869 |
| 1937 | 31 | #1,180 |
| 1936 | 35 | #1,095 |
| 1935 | 36 | #1,078 |
| 1934 | 22 | #1,461 |
| 1933 | 21 | #1,498 |
| 1932 | 34 | #1,157 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,643 |
| 1930 | 33 | #1,235 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,731 |
| 1928 | 23 | #1,569 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1926 | 28 | #1,379 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,088 |
| 1924 | 21 | #1,727 |
| 1923 | 24 | #1,551 |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,545 |
| 1921 | 19 | #1,828 |
| 1920 | 19 | #1,820 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,062 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,538 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,090 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,645 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,599 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,686 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,020 |
Names like Randal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Robin Raul Michael Jeffrey Ricky Rudy Richard Daniel Rocky Robert Steven David
Other spellings of Randal
Names related to Randal
More Germanic names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Randal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/randal, updated 20 October 2026.