girls:
5k births since 1923
#2386 (58th percentile)
boys:
329k births since 1915
#102 (98th percentile)
overall:
334k births since 1915
#222 (97th percentile)
The name Randy is the #222 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 334,045 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 97.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 97.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #102 (97.8% percentile) for all time with 329,039 births since 1915. For girls, it ranks #2,386 (58.3% percentile) for all time with 5,006 births since 1923.
Randy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for boys and 1923 for girls). Birth data for Randy is available in 107 out of the 109 years between 1915 and 2023 (107 years for boys and 83 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 Randy has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.5% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Randy reached its peak popularity in 1956, achieving the 95.8% percentile (ranked #28) with 7,711 births per million. The name was most common in 1956, with 7,711 births per million (ranked 95.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2009, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Randy ranks #682 for boys (25.2% percentile) with 129 births per million, which is 1.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Randy reached its peak popularity in 1952, achieving the 31.1% percentile (ranked #476) with 126 births per million. The name was most common in 1952, with 126 births per million (ranked 31.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Randy ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 2.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Randy".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Randy is pronounced as RAN-dee, which has 2 syllables.
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