How Many People Are Named Randolph?
people named Randolph are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 11,236 people in the US has this name
Based on 49,536 babies named Randolph in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,817 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of RANDOLF. This spelling was adopted in the 18th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Randolph in English. Counting Randolph and these spellings together, about 31,139 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Randolph (99.7%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Randolph alive today is about 60 years old, and 62% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 51 and 72 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Randolph first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1952, to 1,817 babies. In 2025, 20 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Randolph has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #154, in 1952. In 2025 it ranked #5,002.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,002 |
| Best rank | #154 (1952) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #180 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Randolph alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Randolph were born in California than in any other state: about 3,175 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Randolph was given 3.7 times as often in Virginia, 2.6 times in South Carolina and 2.2 times in Maryland.
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