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Randall

“Variant of Randolph — shield wolf (from Old Norse Rannúlfr, 'shield, rim' + 'wolf')” — Old Norse, via Middle English origin

Boy's name · #1506 in the US (2025) · Heirloom

Randall is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1955, when it ranked #53. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 199,000 boys since 1880, ranked #1506 today. Randy is a short form of Randall.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 16 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Randalls

• Randall Park — American actor (born 1974)
• Randall Munroe — American cartoonist, author and engineer
• Randall Duk Kim — American actor
• Randall Azofeifa — Costa Rican footballer
• Randall Brenes — Costa Rican footballer

In stories & tradition

• Randall Flagg — The Stand · The Eyes of the Dragon
• Randall Boggs — Monsters, Inc. · Monsters University
• Randall Culver — character

What Randalls become

Among 407 notable people named Randall:

Lawyers & judges appear 1.56× more often than among typical names — e.g. Randall Robinson, American lawyer and activist (1941–2023).

Similar names: Randy · Wayne · Ramiro · Ricky · Kendall · Ronnie

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