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Randy

Boys' name · Mid-century

Living in the US
~271,700 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,084 among boys
Births in 2025
198 334,472 since 1880
Typical age
62 years, median

Randy popularity over time

Randy rank by birth year, 1915–2025Randy ranked #3,392 in 1915 and #1,084 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #28, in 1956.#100#1,000#1,084best #28 in 1956192019401960198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1915–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Randy was used most in 1956, when 16,740 babies were given the name. The name does not appear in the data until 1915. It has held a top-100 place in 37 separate years.

In 2025 it ranked #1,084 with 198 births. The ten-year change is -60%. It slipped 71 places against the previous year.

Babies named Randy per yearPeaks at 16,740 births in 1956.16,740 in 19560192019401960198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Randy?

Roughly 271,700 Randys are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 334,472 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Randy?

The typical living Randy is 62 years old. More of them were born in the 1950s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Randy a mid-century name.

Your Randy

Ages of living people named RandyHalf of living Randys are older than 62 and half younger.median 62020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Randy is most common

Relative to births, Mississippi carries 2.1× the national share of Randys. Kentucky, Texas and Oklahoma follow.

Where Randy is used more than average4 states use the name Randy more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: 1.7× the national rateKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: 1.4× the national rateOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: 2.1× the national rateMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: 1.4× the national rateTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Randy is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Mississippi 40 2.1×
Kentucky 55 1.7×
Texas 407 1.4×
Oklahoma 40 1.4×

Notable people named Randy

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Randy Schekman Nobel prize winning American cell biologist 1948 56
Randy Pausch American professor of computer science, human-computer interaction and design 1960–2008 44
Randy Quaid American actor 1950 43
Randy Couture American mixed martial artist 1963 35
Randy Travis American country singer 1959 28
Randy Matson American athletics competitor 1945 26
Randy Foye American basketball player 1983 24
Randy Blythe American vocalist 1971 24
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The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 215 in 1941 to 413 in 1942 — 1.9 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Randy

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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