Red
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Red is a name of English origin, meaning “red”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Red mean?
English: English word, from Old English read
“red”
Long a nickname for someone with red hair, now also given as a first name.
- Say it
- RED
Is Red a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Red has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US.
How popular is Red in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Red in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2020, 30% of the babies named Red in the UK were girls.
Red in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,503 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Red in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 69% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Red, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1888.
Half of all the boys named Red in the US since 1880 were born between 1919 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 798 boys in the US were given Red or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #408, up from #5,859 for this spelling alone.
Red in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,270 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 16 | #2,011 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,458 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,264 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,151 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,877 |
| 1914 | 11 | #1,974 |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,944 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,110 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 6 | #884 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,030 |
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