girls:
128 births since 1997
#5588 (2nd percentile)
boys:
2.9k births since 1913
#2326 (49th percentile)
overall:
3.1k births since 1913
#4917 (36th percentile)
The name Rand is the #4,917 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,053 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 36.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 36.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,326 (49.3% percentile) for all time with 2,925 births since 1913. For girls, it ranks #5,588 (2.2% percentile) for all time with 128 births since 1997.
Rand first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (1913 for boys and 1997 for girls). Birth data for Rand is available in 96 out of the 111 years between 1913 and 2023 (96 years for boys and 18 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Rand has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 95.8% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Rand reached its peak popularity in 1952, achieving the 17.3% percentile (ranked #507) with 57 births per million. The name was most common in 1950, with 58 births per million (ranked 16.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Rand ranks #905 for boys (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 10.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Rand reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #959) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2019.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rand".
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