Randolph
Randolph is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 17 births. Its best rank was 154th, in 1952.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 170.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 19521,817 births
- Best rank
- #154in 1952
- Since 1880
- 49,402people given the name
The story in the numbers
49,402 boys have been named Randolph in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1952, with 1,817 births.
The name has all but left use: 17 births in 2024, against 1,817 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1955, and the 1950s alone account for 31%. It has spent 117 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Randolph | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 193 | |
| 1890s | 267 | |
| 1900s | 414 | |
| 1910s | 1,857 | |
| 1920s | 2,735 | |
| 1930s | 2,854 | |
| 1940s | 7,555 | |
| 1950s | 15,496 | |
| 1960s | 8,193 | |
| 1970s | 4,021 | |
| 1980s | 2,899 | |
| 1990s | 1,572 | |
| 2000s | 799 | |
| 2010s | 434 | |
| 2020s | 113 |
In 1952, its biggest year
Randolph was the 154th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1952 were James, Robert, John, Michael and David. See all of 1952.
Names that rose and fell with Randolph
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Dwightpeak 1953
- Randlepeak 1954
- Erniepeak 1959
- Glennpeak 1962
- Lanniepeak 1949
- Valpeak 1952
- Brucepeak 1956
- Stuartpeak 1960
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.