How Many People Are Named Randolf?
people named Randolf are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 474,042 people in the US has this name
Based on 972 babies named Randolf in Social Security records from 1939 to 2004, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
62 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Germanic elements rand meaning "rim (of a shield)" and wulf meaning "wolf". The Normans brought this name to England, where there existed already an Old Norse cognate Randúlfr, which had been introduced by Scandinavian settlers. Randolf became rare after the Middle Ages, though it was revived in the 18th century (usually in the spelling Randolph).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Randolf in English. Counting Randolf and these spellings together, about 31,139 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Randolf in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Randolf alive today is about 60 years old, and 62% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 52 and 71 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Randolf first appears in the records in 1939 and was given most often in 1955, to 62 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2004.
Babies given the name each year, 1939 to 2004
🏆 Rank History
Randolf has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #955, in 1955.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #955 (1955) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,154 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Randolf alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Randolf were born in California than in any other state: about 69 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Randolf was given about 8.4 times as often in California.
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