Redd

#6,721 in 2025Boys' name

Variant of Red

Redd has been given to 138 babies in the U.S. since 2006. In 2025 it ranked #6,721 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 16 recorded.

Babies named Redd, 2025

1 in 255,000

Redd over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Redd: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Red

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Redd means

Redd is a variant of Red.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Red.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 138 boys were recorded with the name Redd between 2006 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 16 in 2022; its best national rank was #5,809 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,606 in 2020 to #6,721 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #11,777 in 2015 to #6,721 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Redd?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 255,000; 13 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 131,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #6,721; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 176,762 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Redd sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 176,762 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Redd. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Redds were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Redd was born before 2019 — so the typical Redd is around 6 today.

Median birth year: 2019; About 6 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 48.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 138; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 48.6% of all recorded uses (67).

Is Redd rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +2,947; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +6,885; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +5,056; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 2.17×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 81.3%; Peak was 2022 (16)
Years since peak: 3; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 56.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,809; 2022

Spellings of Redd

Redd is not the most common spelling — Fred is, with 29.7% against Redd's 0.01%.

Fred29.7%343,655
Todd24.4%282,330
Ted6.5%75,160
Rex5.2%60,449
Rene4.4%50,940
Rudy4.3%50,228
Reid3.5%40,791
Reed3.1%36,056

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Redd around the world

Where Redd ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1996–2025
#5,137
in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Redd by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #6,721
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 6,885
Best rank ever: #5,809; 2022
Peak year: 2022; 16 that year
First recorded: 2006
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 138
Count in 2025: 13

Names similar to Redd

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Reda Red Redford Redden Jedd Redding Redell Redwan Redge Redmond Redgie Reddick Redick Redus Tedd Zedd Redrick Redeem Redman Redmon Reddington Fredd Edd Jaredd

Sibling names for Redd

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Karleigh Adelle Keren Kendyl Abagail Anabel Hayleigh

For a brother

Kale Aaden Hamilton Evans Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah

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