Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Redding

#8,940 most common boys' name of all time · #22,583 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1922–2025

Rank among boys
#8,940
Rank overall
#22,583 of 105,966
First appeared
1922
Years on the list
19 of 146
All-time
347
Since 2016
257
Peak year
2016 #3,374
Best rank
#3,374 2016
Girls Boys peak 38/yr
19401960198020002020

Redding first appears in 1922. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 23 23 #4,423
2024 21 21 #4,733
2023 27 27 #4,025
2022 17 17 #5,477
2021 20 20 #4,808
2020 25 25 #4,043
2019 32 32 #3,511
2018 27 27 #3,915
2017 6 21 27 #4,621
2016 5 33 38 #3,374
2015 19 19 #4,927
2014 16 16 #5,520
2013 7 7 #9,820
2012 18 18 #5,070
2011 7 7 #9,759
2010 5 5 #12,452
2009 8 8 #9,107
2003 5 5 #11,141
1922 5 5 #4,937