Rand
Rand was the 6074th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 15 babies. Its best year was 1952, when it ranked 656th with 112 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 839 places. More babies were named Rand in the 1950s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,074 boys, down 1,251 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 15boys
- Girls and boys
- 14% girls, 86% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1952112 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,101babies recorded
Rand popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #14,537 | #6,074 | 6 | 15 |
| 2020 | — | #4,823 | — | 20 |
| 2010 | #16,505 | #5,678 | 6 | 16 |
| 2000 | — | #4,337 | — | 18 |
| 1990 | — | #5,297 | — | 10 |
| 1980 | — | #2,702 | — | 18 |
| 1970 | — | #1,649 | — | 28 |
| 1960 | — | #1,030 | — | 56 |
| 1950 | — | #677 | — | 105 |
| 1940 | — | #2,443 | — | 10 |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Rand, counting every spelling?
Rand has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Rand?
15 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Rand (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Rand born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 554 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Rand.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Rand?
About 2,200 people born in the US named Rand are alive today, with a median age of 61; half are between 33 and 72. That makes Rand a name most people associate with older generations. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
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Questions about the name Rand
How popular is the name Rand?
Rand was the 6074th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 15 babies. Its best year was 1952, when it ranked 656th with 112 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 839 places. More babies were named Rand in the 1950s than in any other decade.
Is Rand a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 14% girls, 86% boys given the name Rand in the US.