Rande
UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Rande has been given to 616 babies in the U.S. since 1944. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1956, with 32 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 69% boys, 31% girls all-time.
Babies named Rande, 1992
1 in 768,000
Rande over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Rande over time
In 1997, Rande went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
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.
How common is Rande?
Rande had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1992, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 1992
- 1 in 768,000
- 5 of 3,839,369 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 399,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 1992
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 532,251 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Rande sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 1992 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 532,251 children born in 1992 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rande. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Randes were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Rande was born before 1956 — so the typical Rande is around 69 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1950s
- 55.1% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 16.6%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 379
- People you could plausibly meet
1950s — 55.1% of all recorded uses (236).
Is Rande 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
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- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
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- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1956 (32)
- Years since peak
- 69
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 32.6% average annual change
Spellings of Rande
Rande is not the most common spelling — Randy is, with 24.1% against Rande's 0.03%.
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 Rande is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Rande was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,092,361 across all states with data. It was least common in Minnesota (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Iowa1 in —
- 3Minnesota1 in —
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. Rande has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Rande is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Rande was most concentrated in Michigan — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,215,656 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1Michigan1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Rande has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Rande by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Rande
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Rande
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.