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Randell

#7,093 in 2025Boys' name

Variant of Randall

Randell has been given to 10,159 babies in the U.S. since 1912. In 2025 it ranked #7,093 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1960, with 321 recorded.

Babies named Randell, 2025

1 in 276,000

Randell over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Randell: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Randall

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Randell means

Randell is a variant of Randall.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Randell → Randall → Randolph. The family’s meaning is “shield + wolf”, recorded in English with the source elements rǫnd and úlfr.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Randall.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 10,011 boys were recorded with the name Randell between 1912 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 321 in 1960; its best national rank was #450 in 1958.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,907 in 2020 to #7,093 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,011 in 2015 to #7,093 in 2025.

In the United States, 148 girls were recorded with the name Randell between 1947 and 1994. Its highest annual count was 22 in 1986; its best national rank was #3,850 in 1986.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Randell?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 276,000
12 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 142,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#7,093
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
191,493 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Randell 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 191,493 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Randell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Randells were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Randell was born before 1963 — so the typical Randell is around 62 today.

Median birth year
1963
About 62 years old
Biggest decade
1950s
24.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
5.9%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
8,461
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Choose a decade

1950s — 24.5% of all recorded uses (2,451).

Is Randell 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
+1,085
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,186
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,082
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.63×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
3.7%
Peak was 1960 (321)
Years since peak
65
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
23.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#450
1958

Spellings of Randell

Randell is not the most common spelling — Randall is, with 58.4% against Randell's 2.9%.

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 Randell is used

Across 1910–2025, Randell was most concentrated in Kentucky — about 1 in 4,762 boys, against 1 in 25,171 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in —).

021 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Kentucky1 in 4,762
  2. 2Oklahoma1 in 8,333
  3. 3Tennessee1 in 9,091
  4. 4Louisiana1 in 11,111
  5. 5Alabama1 in 14,286
  6. 6Arkansas1 in 14,286
  7. 7West Virginia1 in 14,286
  8. 8Texas1 in 16,667

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. Randell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Randell around the world

Where Randell 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
    1999–1999
    #2,943
    in 1999
  • Canada
    1991–2009
    #2,118
    in 2009
  • South Australia
    1946–2002
    #606
    in 2002

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Randell

People whose public names include Randell, 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.

Randell by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,093
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,186
Best rank ever
#450
1958
Peak year
1960
321 that year
First recorded
1912
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
10,011
Count in 2025
12

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,850
1986
Peak year
1986
22 that year
First recorded
1947
Last recorded
1994
All-time count
148
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Randell

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

CordellCornellRansomJerrellDonnellDerrellRandalMarcellRandleKendellMarkellCarnellJarrellLatrellDarnellRandolphPernellWindellTyrellCampbellRondellTerrellMartellDarell

Names with a curve like Randell

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

MichelDanialDirkJeffryNickyCliffStevieMontyKirbyCornellLonnyCarey

Sibling names for Randell

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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