# Randal (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/randal/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 29,324 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 29,192 / 132 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Randall.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 5 | 5,867 |
| 1959 | 6 | 6,065 |
| 1961 | 6 | 6,389 |
| 1962 | 5 | 7,337 |
| 1967 | 6 | 6,594 |
| 1986 | 37 | 2,663 |
| 1987 | 24 | 3,709 |
| 1988 | 11 | 6,996 |
| 1989 | 7 | 10,552 |
| 1990 | 8 | 9,922 |
| 1991 | 5 | 14,805 |
| 1993 | 5 | 15,183 |
| 1994 | 7 | 11,466 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 37 | 3,095 |
| 2012 | 27 | 3,861 |
| 2013 | 27 | 3,834 |
| 2014 | 30 | 3,598 |
| 2015 | 41 | 2,903 |
| 2016 | 24 | 4,286 |
| 2017 | 27 | 3,956 |
| 2018 | 31 | 3,587 |
| 2019 | 21 | 4,768 |
| 2020 | 29 | 3,713 |
| 2021 | 21 | 4,740 |
| 2022 | 25 | 4,272 |
| 2023 | 11 | 7,633 |
| 2024 | 17 | 5,602 |
| 2025 | 18 | 5,345 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | 3,036 |

## People named Randal

- Randal Kolo Muani, French footballer (born 1998)
- Randal Kleiser, Film director, screenwriter
- Randal Falker, American basketball player (born 1985)
- Randal Bryant, American computer scientist
- Randal Oto’o, Gabonese footballer
- Randal L. Schwartz, American programmer and technology writer
- Randal Grichuk, American baseball player
- Randy Orton, American professional wrestler (born 1980)
- Adam Young, American musician and singer-songwriter
- Lennox Berkeley, British composer (1903–1989)
- Randy Jones, American bobsledder
- Barry Orton, American professional wrestler (1958–2021)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.