Rance vs Randell
American parents have registered 10,159 Randells since 1880, against 3,002 Rances. Randell is still ahead, with 12 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Rance Randell
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 117 years in which either name was published, Randell for 101 years and Rance for 16 years. The lead changed hands 15 times.
- 1882–1915 Rance ahead
- 1918–2003 Randell ahead, apart from one short spell
- 2004–2006 Rance ahead
- 2007–2025 Randell ahead, apart from 3 short spells
8 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Rance | Randell | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 3,002 | 10,159 |
| Most in one year | 57 | 321 |
| Babies in 2025 | 10 | 12 |
| Estimated living today | 2,300 | 7,700 |
| Median age today | 44 | 58 |
| Peak year | 1962 | 1960 |
| Best rank | 1,013th boys | 450th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 7,679th | 6,803rd |
| First recorded | 1882 | 1912 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 3,002 | 148 / 10,011 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Randells alive today are over 58; half the Rances are over 44. That is 14 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Rance Texas (9.1×), Oklahoma (4.8×), California (1.0×)
- Randell Kentucky (5.7×), Oklahoma (3.4×), Tennessee (3.1×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Rance and Randell.