Randolph
Boy · Germanic
Randolph is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “shield”. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Randolph mean?
Germanic
“shield”
A male given name from the Germanic languages.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Randolph a girl's or a boy's name?
Randolph is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Randolph in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,856among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Randolph, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,731st. Its busiest year was 1952, with 1,817 boys.
Half of all the boys named Randolph in the US since 1880 were born between 1946 and 1966, the years shaded on the chart below.
Randolph in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 30 | #3,710 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 28 | #3,731 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2017 | 42 | #2,839 |
| 2016 | 36 | #3,160 |
| 2015 | 45 | #2,683 |
| 2014 | 51 | #2,459 |
| 2013 | 41 | #2,802 |
| 2012 | 46 | #2,631 |
| 2011 | 59 | #2,202 |
| 2010 | 49 | #2,510 |
| 2009 | 56 | #2,319 |
| 2008 | 57 | #2,290 |
| 2007 | 70 | #1,995 |
| 2006 | 76 | #1,808 |
| 2005 | 74 | #1,769 |
| 2004 | 66 | #1,853 |
| 2003 | 80 | #1,575 |
| 2002 | 104 | #1,292 |
| 2001 | 107 | #1,239 |
| 2000 | 109 | #1,226 |
| 1999 | 98 | #1,256 |
| 1998 | 108 | #1,156 |
| 1997 | 122 | #1,043 |
| 1996 | 127 | #983 |
| 1995 | 162 | #844 |
| 1994 | 143 | #909 |
| 1993 | 185 | #768 |
| 1992 | 177 | #788 |
| 1991 | 223 | #676 |
| 1990 | 227 | #670 |
| 1989 | 245 | #635 |
| 1988 | 245 | #598 |
| 1987 | 247 | #580 |
| 1986 | 258 | #553 |
| 1985 | 326 | #480 |
| 1984 | 279 | #505 |
| 1983 | 332 | #454 |
| 1982 | 314 | #480 |
| 1981 | 346 | #443 |
| 1980 | 308 | #480 |
| 1979 | 350 | #428 |
| 1978 | 345 | #426 |
| 1977 | 387 | #398 |
| 1976 | 382 | #395 |
| 1975 | 355 | #406 |
| 1974 | 382 | #397 |
| 1973 | 403 | #384 |
| 1972 | 412 | #387 |
| 1971 | 435 | #384 |
| 1970 | 569 | #332 |
| 1969 | 590 | #315 |
| 1968 | 603 | #304 |
| 1967 | 614 | #296 |
| 1966 | 747 | #269 |
| 1965 | 779 | #265 |
| 1964 | 817 | #270 |
| 1963 | 909 | #252 |
| 1962 | 986 | #249 |
| 1961 | 1,069 | #241 |
| 1960 | 1,081 | #244 |
| 1959 | 1,072 | #246 |
| 1958 | 1,185 | #222 |
| 1957 | 1,357 | #199 |
| 1956 | 1,634 | #178 |
| 1955 | 1,765 | #162 |
| 1954 | 1,765 | #163 |
| 1953 | 1,714 | #161 |
| 1952 | 1,817 | #154 |
| 1951 | 1,637 | #160 |
| 1950 | 1,550 | #162 |
| 1949 | 1,361 | #171 |
| 1948 | 1,143 | #182 |
| 1947 | 963 | #205 |
| 1946 | 836 | #205 |
| 1945 | 645 | #214 |
| 1944 | 607 | #227 |
| 1943 | 665 | #220 |
| 1942 | 535 | #246 |
| 1941 | 418 | #280 |
| 1940 | 382 | #287 |
| 1939 | 393 | #280 |
| 1938 | 328 | #302 |
| 1937 | 300 | #307 |
| 1936 | 275 | #327 |
| 1935 | 312 | #306 |
| 1934 | 259 | #340 |
| 1933 | 228 | #360 |
| 1932 | 256 | #345 |
| 1931 | 232 | #370 |
| 1930 | 271 | #339 |
| 1929 | 212 | #399 |
| 1928 | 293 | #331 |
| 1927 | 275 | #352 |
| 1926 | 281 | #343 |
| 1925 | 267 | #363 |
| 1924 | 265 | #370 |
| 1923 | 295 | #340 |
| 1922 | 284 | #351 |
| 1921 | 270 | #369 |
| 1920 | 293 | #339 |
| 1919 | 242 | #372 |
| 1918 | 247 | #377 |
| 1917 | 265 | #337 |
| 1916 | 263 | #327 |
| 1915 | 220 | #361 |
| 1914 | 192 | #331 |
| 1913 | 148 | #337 |
| 1912 | 141 | #306 |
| 1911 | 74 | #314 |
| 1910 | 65 | #304 |
| 1909 | 60 | #292 |
| 1908 | 52 | #303 |
| 1907 | 40 | #341 |
| 1906 | 45 | #304 |
| 1905 | 40 | #316 |
| 1904 | 34 | #344 |
| 1903 | 35 | #318 |
| 1902 | 34 | #335 |
| 1901 | 24 | #383 |
| 1900 | 50 | #292 |
| 1899 | 23 | #384 |
| 1898 | 33 | #335 |
| 1897 | 29 | #346 |
| 1896 | 24 | #400 |
| 1895 | 29 | #340 |
| 1894 | 24 | #376 |
| 1893 | 26 | #349 |
| 1892 | 36 | #309 |
| 1891 | 22 | #364 |
| 1890 | 21 | #389 |
| 1889 | 27 | #338 |
| 1888 | 23 | #387 |
| 1887 | 15 | #438 |
| 1886 | 22 | #369 |
| 1885 | 21 | #388 |
| 1884 | 17 | #450 |
| 1883 | 16 | #448 |
| 1882 | 15 | #469 |
| 1881 | 18 | #395 |
| 1880 | 19 | #392 |
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