Rand
Recorded 1913–2025 · United States
Rand was most popular in 1952, when 112 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,480 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,947, with 21 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,101 people named Rand.
Rand over time
How old is the name Rand?
Rand first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1913, which makes it about 112 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 98 of the 113 years since.
How many people are named Rand?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,101 American births named Rand between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,371 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Rand in 2025?
21 American babies were named Rand in 2025, ranking #9,947 that year.
Is Rand getting more or less popular?
Rand is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 18 births a year, against 27 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -33% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Rand a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Rand is a boy’s name — 4.5% of the 3,101 Americans given it were girls and 95.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 21% girls and 79% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Rand?
Roughly 2,371 Americans named Rand are alive today — 76% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 60 years old, and half are between 28 and 71. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org