Randal

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Randall is a masculine given name in English, Irish and German. Its modern use as a given name originates from the transferred use of the English–language surname Randall, which in turn is derived from Randolph.

From Wikipedia

Randal first appears in the data in 1909 and has been recorded in 114 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1958 with 1,477 babies (rank #190 that year). In 2024 it was given to 17 boys (rank #5,587). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Randal

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Randal yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

29,306
Total babies (all years)
114
Years in the data
1,477
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19099#1,068
19127#2,223
19136#2,733
191414#1,756
191519#1,648
191619#1,685
191714#2,170
191823#1,587
191915#2,131
192019#1,871
192119#1,885
192224#1,579
192324#1,582
192421#1,767
192515#2,163
192628#1,398
192716#2,110
192823#1,600
192919#1,780
193033#1,252
193119#1,681
193234#1,171
193321#1,534
193422#1,487
193536#1,095
193635#1,113
193731#1,205
193851#878
193952#855
194051#887
194171#736
194263#818
194387#691
1944103#610
1945122#542
1946187#467
1947267#419
1948306#390
1949450#324
1950490#305
1951663#261
1952730#254
1953770#243
1954896#236
19551,127#214
19561,321#203
19571,458#192
19581,477#190
19591,435#201
19601,273#219
19611,154#233
19621,020#243
1963912#251
1964823#269
1965690#285
1966690#278
1967659#283
1968591#311
1969574#324
1970559#341
1971451#379
1972383#401
1973357#414
1974299#461
1975302#465
1976260#495
1977272#493
1978246#525
1979237#560
1980234#565
1981275#510
1982253#542
1983231#554
1984231#563
1985262#543
1986233#582
1987236#590
1988227#632
1989237#651
1990199#722
1991180#764
1992152#860
1993165#824
1994136#949
1995113#1,060
199679#1,365
1997108#1,149
199890#1,333
199995#1,289
200070#1,662
200154#2,002
200272#1,658
200352#2,145
200458#2,068
200541#2,689
200656#2,273
200755#2,359
200847#2,666
200928#3,803
201044#2,776
201137#3,095
201227#3,861
201327#3,834
201430#3,597
201541#2,902
201624#4,284
201727#3,956
201831#3,585
201920#4,924
202029#3,712
202121#4,738
202225#4,269
202311#7,628
202417#5,587