Redmond — #5889 US boys' name
793 babies named Redmond in U.S. Social Security records since 1889, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 59% of names given to boys today.
19% of everyone ever named Redmond was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Redmond in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Redmond
The Social Security Administration has registered 793 babies named Redmond between 1889 and 2024, spanning 136 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Redmond currently holds the #5889 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Redmond performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 154 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Redmond shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Redmond in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Redmond 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 793 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.
Redmond at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Redmond popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1889
- Peak year (2023)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 136 years of records
Currently ranks #5889 among boys.
793 total births across 136 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 28 births in a single year.
Redmond by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 154 births that decade — 19% of Redmond's all-time total
Redmond decade highlights
- Peak decade 154 births
- Runner-up 107 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Redmond's strongest decade
154 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 19% of all-time use.
Redmond by state
Where Redmond concentrates geographically — total births since 1889
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 15 | 1.9% |
15 of 793 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1889–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.