Random is a very rare boys' name that was most common in the 1970s and has all but disappeared.
Random is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2010. Random was first reported in SSA data in 1979 and peaked in 1979 (9 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | 7 | #10,492 |
| 2006 | 5 | 5 | #13,566 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | #12,916 |
| 2004 | 8 | 8 | #8,740 |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 | #9,388 |
| 2002 | 8 | 8 | #8,269 |
| 1998 | 6 | 6 | #9,366 |
| 1996 | 7 | — | #7,776 |
| 1993 | 5 | — | #9,830 |
| 1991 | 7 | — | #7,105 |
| 1989 | 7 | — | #6,767 |
| 1988 | 6 | — | #7,048 |
| 1987 | 7 | — | #5,950 |
| 1986 | 6 | — | #6,536 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | #5,613 |
| 1984 | 9 | — | #4,472 |
| 1983 | 8 | — | #4,823 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | #7,123 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | #6,061 |
| 1979 | 9 | — | #4,318 |