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Rand

#6,071 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Edge, border, through rand

Rand has been given to 3,101 babies in the U.S. since 1913. In 2025 it ranked #6,071 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1952, with 112 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 95% boys, 5% girls all-time.

Babies named Rand, 2025

1 in 221,000

Rand over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Rand over time

In 2025, Rand went to 29% girls and 71% boys.

19132025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Rand: meaning, origin, and history

Edge, border, through rand

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Rand means

Rand belongs to the name family reached through Rand → rand. Its meaning is “edge, border”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Afrikaans rand, from English rand; compare English rand.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Rand (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Rand is used in English.

Rand comes through Afrikaans rand and English rand.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Randall, Randolph and rand.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,960 boys were recorded with the name Rand between 1913 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 112 in 1952; its best national rank was #655 in 1952.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,819 in 2020 to #6,071 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,231 in 2015 to #6,071 in 2025.

In the United States, 141 girls were recorded with the name Rand between 1997 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2014; its best national rank was #8,857 in 2014.

Over 10 years its rank fell, from #10,006 in 2015 to #14,533 in 2025.

How common is Rand?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 221,000
15 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 114,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#6,071
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
153,194 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Rand sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 153,194 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rand. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rands were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rand was born before 1959 — so the typical Rand is around 66 today.

Median birth year
1959
About 66 years old
Biggest decade
1950s
33.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
14.1%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,422
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1950s — 33.2% of all recorded uses (982).

Is Rand rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,060
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,252
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−840
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.83×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
13.4%
Peak was 1952 (112)
Years since peak
73
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#655
1952

Spellings of Rand

Rand is not the most common spelling — Ryan is, with 24.1% against Rand's 0.07%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Rand is used

Across 1910–2025, Rand was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 139,505 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 50,000
  2. 2Utah1 in 50,000
  3. 3Idaho1 in 100,000
  4. 4Illinois1 in 100,000
  5. 5Maine1 in 100,000
  6. 6Michigan1 in 100,000
  7. 7Minnesota1 in 100,000
  8. 8New York1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Rand has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Rand around the world

Where Rand ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2009–2023
    #4,108
    in 2023
  • Canada
    2003–2017
    #2,944
    in 2017

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Rand

People whose public names include Rand, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Rand by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,071
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,252
Best rank ever
#655
1952
Peak year
1952
112 that year
First recorded
1913
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,960
Count in 2025
15

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#14,533
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#8,857
2014
Peak year
2014
13 that year
First recorded
1997
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
141
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Rand

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Rand

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Rand, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Rand

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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