Girls' name · since 1925
Reada
Reada has 19 recorded births since 1925 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1947 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #46,613 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 19
- born since 1925
- 1940s
- peak decade
Reada sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 19 recorded since 1925.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Reada has been recorded 19 times among girls since 1925, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1925 to 1947.
- #46,613 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 19 born since 1925
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Reada ranks #46,613 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 19 born since 1925, peaking in the 1940s.
- #46,613 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 19
- born since 1925
- 1940s
- peak decade
Reada's 19 recorded births place it above 35.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Reada's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Reada splits its recorded history at 1940: 68% of all births land in the more recent half, 32% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1925 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1947 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Reada popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–1947
- Peak year (1947)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Reada by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (13 births, 68% of the file).
1940s was Reada's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Reada births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
6 births
- 1940s
1940s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 13 births (68% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1925–1947 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Reada draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.