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Boy

Randall

As a boy's name, Randall traces back to Germanic, where it is understood to mean "Shield wolf". It had its heyday in the 1950s and has mostly fallen out of use since. Today, it is a well-known pick in the registry. 1960 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.

GermanicShield wolf
GermanicProtected by wolves
Births by decade
1900s
157
1910s
1,140
1920s
1,958
1930s
3,016
1940s
17,898
1950s
62,627
1960s
52,254
1970s
23,185
1980s
19,676
1990s
10,413
2000s
4,086
2010s
1,840
Peaked in the 1950s · 198,250 total U.S. births since 1900