# Randy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/randy/  
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 | /ˈɹændi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 334,472 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 329,468 / 5,004 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 78, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 8 | 11,936 |
| 2003 | 8 | 12,135 |
| 2004 | 6 | 15,637 |
| 2005 | 6 | 15,990 |
| 2006 | 7 | 14,778 |
| 2007 | 6 | 17,129 |
| 2008 | 8 | 13,540 |
| 2009 | 7 | 14,876 |
| 2010 | 5 | 19,200 |
| 2015 | 6 | 15,998 |
| 2017 | 5 | 17,878 |
| 2020 | 5 | 16,995 |
| 2021 | 6 | 14,875 |
| 2022 | 7 | 13,282 |
| 2023 | 6 | 14,783 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 841 | 356 |
| 2012 | 696 | 413 |
| 2013 | 641 | 448 |
| 2014 | 548 | 510 |
| 2015 | 493 | 569 |
| 2016 | 427 | 628 |
| 2017 | 384 | 664 |
| 2018 | 372 | 674 |
| 2019 | 349 | 709 |
| 2020 | 265 | 859 |
| 2021 | 250 | 917 |
| 2022 | 254 | 912 |
| 2023 | 236 | 957 |
| 2024 | 220 | 1,017 |
| 2025 | 198 | 1,089 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 2,901 |
| 2000 | 6 | 1,889 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2,636 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,009 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2006 | 5 | 2,870 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,095 |
| 2008 | 8 | 2,276 |
| 2009 | 7 | 2,544 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |

## People named Randy

- Randy Pausch, American professor of computer science, human-computer interaction and design
- Randy Quaid, American actor (born 1950)
- Randy Couture, American mixed martial artist
- Randy Travis, American country singer
- Randy Matson, American athletics competitor
- Randy Harrison, American actor
- Randy Williams, American athletics competitor, long jumper
- Randy Foye, American basketball player (born 1983)
- Randy Meisner, American musician and founding member of the Eagles (1946–2023)
- Randy Blythe, American vocalist
- Randy Jones, American disco and pop singer
- Randy Brecker, American flugelhorn and trumpet player (1945-)

## 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.