Randal
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Randall
A male name· listed as male by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 29 countries · latest register: SSA, 2025
/ɹændəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Randal is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- CRCosta Rica1 in 5K(measured from records)
- LALaos≈1 in 6.9K
- USUnited States1 in 14K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 421 (measured from records)
- 1 in 5.0K (inferred from the name graph)
24,441 people, 2020
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Costa Rica
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Rondon in LA Laos.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Randall.
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Randal counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 24,441 | 1 in 14K | 24K | Randal | 421 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈3,200 est. | ≈1 in 21K | 52 | Randal | 103 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈2,600 est. | ≈1 in 104K | listed | Randal | 24 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 25K | listed | Randal | 12 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈2,400 est. | ≈1 in 16K | 1 | Randal | 138 |
| LA Laos | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 6.9K | — | Rondon | 5 |
| CR Costa Rica | #279 | 1,018 | 1 in 5K | 1K | Randal | 32 |
| SG Singapore | #917 | ≈460 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Randal | 23 |
| IE Ireland | #509 | ≈450 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Randal | 23 |
24,441 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Lennox Berkeleyb. 1903GBnot in their usual nameBritish composer (1903–1989)
- Randal Kleiserb. 1946USFilm director, screenwriter
- Vaughan Jonesb. 1952NZnot in their usual nameNew Zealand mathematician and Fields Medalist (1952–2020)
- Randal L. Schwartzb. 1961USAmerican programmer and technology writer
- Rand Paulb. 1963USnot in their usual nameUnited States Senator from Kentucky since 2011
- Randal Reederb. 1971USAmerican actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter
- Randy Ortonb. 1980USnot in their usual nameAmerican professional wrestler (born 1980)
- Randal Edwardsb. 1981CACanadian actor
- Adam Youngb. 1986USnot in their usual nameAmerican musician and singer-songwriter
- Randal Kolo Muanib. 1998FRFrench footballer (born 1998)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)51 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 29 countries.
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Randal mean, and where does it come from?
- A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Randall. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Randal?
- A machine transcription gives /ɹændəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Randal a male or female name?
- Randal is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: United States (Census Bureau, 2020), Brazil (Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)) and Netherlands (Meertens NVB).
- In which country does Randal have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 24 thousand people named Randal, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled randal.
- Where is Randal most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Randal is densest in Costa Rica — about 1 in 5.0 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Randal?
- In the United States, the national register counted 24,441 people named Randal in 2020, about 1 in 14 thousand residents.
- How common is Randal compared with other names?
- In Costa Rica, Randal is the 279th most common given name of 15,284 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/randalThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Randal” — the 279th most common given name in Costa Rica. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.