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How popular is the name Randal?

Births per year, rank history and how many Randals are alive today.

Randal (male), a spelling of Randall, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2000 (ranked 3036th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since.

Across all spellings of the name, the Randall you are most likely to meet is around 31 years old - or else around 6: the name has two living generations. Half of all Randalls born in England and Wales are between 11 and 32, and there are at least 110 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Randall - on average, only one in every 2,755 such rooms contains a Randall.

How many babies are named Randal each year?

Includes all spellings: Randal, Randall. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

024200020201996: 51997: 32000: 32001: 32004: 32005: 52006: 42008: 42009: 32010: 32016: 32019: 42021: 42023: 3actual

Where does the Randal spelling rank?

1101001,0005,00020002000: ranked 3,036

Where does the Randall spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2,0201997: ranked 2,8592001: ranked 3,1342004: ranked 3,6512005: ranked 2,7542006: ranked 3,3852008: ranked 3,6872009: ranked 4,5272010: ranked 4,6782016: ranked 4,8102019: ranked 3,9372021: ranked 3,9902023: ranked 4,992

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Randal per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2023, peaking at about 5 in 1996
Randal: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2023. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Randal most popular?

The most popular form of the name, Randall, peaked in 1996, when 5 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Randal spelling itself peaked in 2000, with 3 babies.

How many people are called Randal?

At least 110 people named Randal in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Randal?

Most living Randals are between 11 and 32; the most common age is about 31. There is a second cluster around 6.

Is Randal becoming more or less popular?

It has faded from the rankings.






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