Randy Name Popularity

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How popular is Randy?

Ranking 673rd in popularity in the United States for boys in 2018, the name Randy is less frequently given.

Currently in the top 1000, this name has not always been in the top 1000.

Position 28, its highest popularity ranking, was reached in 1956 with 16,551 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Randy was less than 5, most recently in 1921.

Approximately during the years 1931-1956, the name Randy took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas 1957-1973, 1980-1983, 1988-1993, 1994-1999, and 2007-2017 were years of successive downward movement.

Currently, the name is at an extremely low point when compared to its most popular year.

How popular will Randy be?

The popularity trend for Randy has been spiralling downward for a while. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Randy lately has dropped.

The name Randy still has a solid footing but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Randy is very rarely used as a given name.

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		Randy (Girl)		Randy (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	370	673
2017		5	17,802	381	666
2016		< 5	--	425	628
2015		6	15,964	493	569
2014		< 5	--	546	510
2013		< 5	--	641	448
2012		< 5	--	695	413
2011		< 5	--	841	356
2010		5	19,175	882	347
2009		7	14,864	993	322
2008		8	13,527	1,102	302
2007		6	17,122	1,004	318
2006		7	14,768	1,051	310
2005		6	15,986	1,082	306
2004		6	15,627	977	316
2003		8	12,132	936	317
2002		8	11,929	1,017	293
2001		14	7,638	1,054	285
2000		10	9,712	1,136	278
1999		12	8,101	1,139	263
1998		7	12,088	1,276	244
1997		14	6,742	1,362	226
1996		15	6,303	1,509	206
1995		19	5,172	1,508	202
1994		21	4,802	1,644	186
1993		23	4,494	1,701	188
1992		25	4,193	2,008	158
1991		24	4,302	2,161	148
1990		26	3,977	2,474	131
1989		26	3,867	2,604	127
1988		36	2,917	2,717	112
1987		36	2,762	2,789	104
1986		43	2,368	2,729	103
1985		57	1,941	2,883	102
1984		46	2,175	2,907	100
1983		46	2,148	2,925	96
1982		42	2,355	3,231	94
1981		38	2,517	3,339	92
1980		52	2,038	3,391	87
1979		41	2,331	3,417	86
1978		50	1,952	3,217	86
1977		45	2,116	3,396	86
1976		55	1,742	3,319	79
1975		39	2,187	3,384	78
1974		41	2,054	3,347	79
1973		47	1,821	3,347	79
1972		47	1,826	3,739	70
1971		67	1,510	4,344	67
1970		58	1,631	5,041	59
1969		67	1,436	5,266	55
1968		57	1,517	5,712	54
1967		87	1,140	6,795	49
1966		87	1,141	7,763	45
1965		114	965	8,864	42
1964		106	1,057	10,297	38
1963		118	982	10,531	37
1962		132	924	11,851	35
1961		151	868	12,590	33
1960		153	836	14,214	32
1959		188	741	15,025	31
1958		145	849	15,180	32
1957		154	821	16,454	31
1956		195	688	16,551	28
1955		190	681	14,957	30
1954		195	662	12,628	33
1953		206	620	10,674	35
1952		239	563	8,651	41
1951		227	567	6,033	56
1950		200	598	4,357	80
1949		163	654	3,622	92
1948		163	654	3,142	99
1947		120	793	2,501	116
1946		109	790	1,637	148
1945		50	1,115	1,107	162
1944		38	1,309	804	191
1943		49	1,166	585	242
1942		34	1,408	379	316
1941		8	3,501	207	409
1940		7	3,781	181	433
1939		< 5	--	137	492
1938		7	3,776	101	584
1937		< 5	--	80	667
1936		6	4,066	60	793
1935		< 5	--	48	921
1934		< 5	--	33	1,168
1933		< 5	--	19	1,631
1932		< 5	--	18	1,766
1931		< 5	--	14	2,081
1930		< 5	--	21	1,639
1929		< 5	--	12	2,435
1928		< 5	--	9	3,022
1927		7	4,198	12	2,497
1926		5	5,478	13	2,402
1925		< 5	--	7	3,665
1924		5	5,730	5	4,827
1923		6	4,863	7	3,742
1922		< 5	--	8	3,473
1921		< 5	--	< 5	--
1920		< 5	--	7	3,748
1919		< 5	--	6	4,068
1918		< 5	--	7	3,631
1917		< 5	--	< 5	--
1916		< 5	--	6	3,803
1915		< 5	--	6	3,741
1914		< 5	--	< 5	--
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1911		< 5	--	< 5	--
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.