The first name Randal

Randal last appeared in the official list in 2000, given to 3 boys.

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Randal with other names.

In 2025, 18 boys born in the United States were named Randal, the 5,345th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1958, when 1,477 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Randal Kolo Muani
  French footballer (born 1998)
• Randal Kleiser
  Film director, screenwriter, born 1946
• Randal Falker
  American basketball player (born 1985)
• Randal Bryant
  American computer scientist, born 1952
• Randal Oto’o
  Gabonese footballer, born 1994
• Randal L. Schwartz
  American programmer and technology writer, born 1961
• Randal Grichuk
  American baseball player, born 1991
• Randy Orton
  American professional wrestler (born 1980)
• Adam Young
  American musician and singer-songwriter, born 1986
• Lennox Berkeley
  British composer (1903–1989)
• Randy Jones
  American bobsledder, born 1969
• Barry Orton
  American professional wrestler (1958–2021)

What does the name Randal mean?

Variant of Randall.

How popular is the name Randal?

In 2000, 3 boys born in England and Wales were named Randal, ranking 3,036th.

Is Randal a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 29,324 US babies named Randal since 1880 were boys.

When was Randal most popular?

1958 in the United States, when 1,477 babies were named Randal, its highest rank at 190th.

What name is Randal a form of?

Randal is a form of Randall.