Redding — #4718 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Redding

The Social Security Administration has registered 313 babies named Redding between 1922 and 2024, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Redding currently holds the #4718 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Redding performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 185 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Redding shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Colorado, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Redding in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Redding in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 313 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.