Red
#8,298 most common boys' name of all time · #20,960 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1888–2025
Rank among boys
#8,298
Rank overall
#20,960 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
44 of 146
All-time
396
Since 2016
124
Peak year
2024 #5,253
Best rank
#985 1890
Girls
Boys
peak 18/yr
Red first appears in 1888. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,883 |
| 2024 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,253 |
| 2023 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,675 |
| 2022 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,644 |
| 2021 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,198 |
| 2020 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,099 |
| 2019 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,668 |
| 2018 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,641 |
| 2017 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,576 |
| 2016 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,172 |
| 2015 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,609 |
| 2014 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,067 |
| 2013 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,191 |
| 2009 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,040 |
| 2007 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,440 |
| 2001 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,604 |
| 1963 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,127 |
| 1952 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,809 |
| 1950 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1934 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,753 |
| 1933 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,338 |
| 1932 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,151 |
| 1931 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,839 |
| 1929 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1928 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,314 |
| 1927 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,568 |
| 1926 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,183 |
| 1925 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,037 |
| 1924 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,573 |
| 1923 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,494 |
| 1922 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,067 |
| 1920 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,494 |
| 1919 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,299 |
| 1918 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,423 |
| 1917 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1916 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,182 |
| 1915 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,920 |
| 1914 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,022 |
| 1913 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,004 |
| 1911 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,846 |
| 1909 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,388 |
| 1906 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,210 |
| 1890 | — | 6 | 6 | #985 |
| 1888 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,172 |