Redden

#11,697 in 2025Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Redden has been given to 38 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #11,697 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1880, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Redden, 2025

1 in 553,000

Redden 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Redden: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Redden means

Redden is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Redden is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 38 boys were recorded with the name Redden between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1880; its best national rank was #888 in 1880.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Redden?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 553,000; 6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 285,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #11,697; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 382,984 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Redden 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 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Redden. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Reddens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Redden was born before 1948 — so the typical Redden is around 77 today.

Median birth year: 1948; About 77 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 31.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 44.7%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 17; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 31.6% of all recorded uses (12).

Is Redden 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 1880 (6)
Years since peak: 145; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #888; 1880

Spellings of Redden

Redden is not the most common spelling — Reuben is, with 27.9% against Redden's 0.03%.

Reuben27.9%32,145
Brenden22.3%25,715
Raiden11.0%12,681
Eden9.5%10,966
Madden6.7%7,682
Rayden5.7%6,570
Elden5.1%5,921
Eiden1.9%2,129

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.

Redden around the world

Where Redden 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.

Canada
2008–2008
#2,611
in 2008

Popularity data from Statistics Canada. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Redden by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #11,697
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #888; 1880
Peak year: 1880; 6 that year
First recorded: 1880
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 38
Count in 2025: 6

Names similar to Redden

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

Redwan Redgie Sayden Leyden Skyden Rigden Zeyden Redick Saiden Kazden Heiden Khamden Reiden Rhyden Yarden Calden Reddick Kalden Redrick Aulden Redge Malden Redford Worden

Sibling names for Redden

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

Bess Lulu Maude Albina Alpha Leone Tessie Garnet

For a brother

Garfield Grover Waldo Winfield Lyman Granville Dewey Gustave

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