How Many People Are Named Randolph?

30,418

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

#1,264

πŸ’Ž Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#535

See the top 100

Peak Year

1952

1,817 births

Trend

β†’

Stable (last 10 years)

πŸ“– Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: RAN-dahlf
Gender: Primarily Male

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.

Related & Similar Names

RandulfRandΓΊlfrRandolfRanulfRanulphRandyRandelRandalRandallRandell

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.3%
Male
99.7%

Almost all of the babies given the name Randolph (99.7%) were boys.

πŸ‘₯ 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.

Under 30 1,792
5.9%
30 to 59 9,631
31.7%
60 and over 18,995
62.4%

πŸ“ˆ 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

πŸ† 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 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#180 in the 1950s

πŸ“ 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.

California 3,175
New York 2,562
Virginia 1,835
Pennsylvania 1,563
Florida 1,300
Texas 1,255
Ohio 1,254
Michigan 1,194
North Carolina 1,111
Georgia 1,039
South Carolina 988
Illinois 972
Maryland 885
New Jersey 770
Wisconsin 672
Louisiana 664
Missouri 437
Minnesota 417
Indiana 413
Washington 385
Alabama 382
District of Columbia 356
Colorado 341
Mississippi 329
Massachusetts 328
West Virginia 284
Kentucky 279
Tennessee 261
Arizona 238
Connecticut 227
Oregon 207
New Mexico 188
Hawaii 185
Kansas 163
Oklahoma 160
Iowa 141
Arkansas 109
Maine 101
Nebraska 92
North Dakota 72
Montana 57
South Dakota 47
Delaware 31
Idaho 23
Alaska 23
Utah 21
New Hampshire 19
Wyoming 12
Rhode Island 4
Vermont 3
Nevada 3

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