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Redding

Boy · RED-ing · English

Redding is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “people of Reada”. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).

What does Redding mean?

English: English surname, a form of Reading

“people of Reada”

English surname from the town of Reading, Old English Readingas 'Reada's people'; also a city in California.

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Is Redding a girl's or a boy's name?

Redding is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Redding in the US?

Rank in 2025
#4,395among boys
Babies in 2025
23about 1 in 74,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 15% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Redding, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 1922.

Half of all the boys named Redding in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

1922Busiest: 33 in 20162025
Redding in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202523#4,395
202421#4,697
202327#3,999
202217#5,441
202120#4,776
202025#4,017
201932#3,493
201827#3,887
201721#4,590
201633#3,357
201519#4,888
201416#5,481
20137#9,650
201218#5,030
20117#9,593
20105#12,224
20098#8,980
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