Boys' name · since 1880
Redden
Redden has 38 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1880 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,169 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,710 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 38
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
38 babies have been named Redden since 1880, making it today's #10710 boys' name.
Redden has 38 recorded births among boys since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10710 as of the latest data, more common than 23% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #24,169 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,710 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 38 born since 1880
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Redden ranks #24,169 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,710 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 38 born since 1880, peaking in the 2020s.
- #24,169 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,710 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 38
- born since 1880
- 2020s
- peak decade
Redden's 38 recorded births place it above 46.76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Redden compares
38 14th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Redden's all-time total is 90% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Redden | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 38 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 34 | 22,252 |
Redden's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Redden's full recorded timeline at 1948, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1923, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1880 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Redden popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1880)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Redden by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (12 births, 32% of the file).
2020s was Redden's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Redden births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
6 births
- 1920s
1920s
10 births
- 1940s
1940s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 12 births (32% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Redden: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1880–2025 (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 Redden 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.