# Randi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/randi/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Norwegian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 30,799 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,136 / 29,663 (96% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Probably borrowed from Norwegian Randi.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 82 | 2,293 |
| 2012 | 107 | 1,881 |
| 2013 | 74 | 2,455 |
| 2014 | 72 | 2,511 |
| 2015 | 75 | 2,453 |
| 2016 | 85 | 2,262 |
| 2017 | 70 | 2,538 |
| 2018 | 66 | 2,639 |
| 2019 | 49 | 3,263 |
| 2020 | 52 | 3,087 |
| 2021 | 72 | 2,479 |
| 2022 | 58 | 2,921 |
| 2023 | 49 | 3,317 |
| 2024 | 53 | 3,074 |
| 2025 | 34 | 4,252 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 11 | 5,751 |
| 2000 | 6 | 10,043 |
| 2001 | 13 | 5,604 |
| 2002 | 13 | 5,652 |
| 2003 | 9 | 7,696 |
| 2004 | 9 | 8,027 |
| 2005 | 12 | 6,529 |
| 2006 | 7 | 10,402 |
| 2007 | 16 | 5,623 |
| 2008 | 16 | 5,705 |
| 2009 | 15 | 6,017 |
| 2010 | 9 | 8,635 |
| 2011 | 8 | 9,402 |
| 2014 | 5 | 13,590 |
| 2018 | 5 | 13,656 |

## People named Randi

- Randi Zuckerberg, American businesswoman
- Randi Weingarten, American lawyer
- Randi Altschul, American toy inventor
- Randi Laubek, Danish singer and songwriter
- Randi Bakke, figure skater (1904–1984)

## 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.