Reda
Reda is a unisex given name. Notable people with the name are as follows:
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Reda
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Reda is a unisex given name. Notable people with the name are as follows:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Reda
As a girl name
Reda first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1904, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1955: 67 births, good for #1,229 nationwide. The 1950s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 26% of all recorded Redas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2012 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 2K Redas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1900s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Reda first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1993, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2008: 23 births, good for #4,267 nationwide. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 46% of all recorded Redas. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #7,196 among boy names with 10 births, falling sharply (-31%). In total, more than 378 Redas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Reda
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Reda. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Reda
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About the name Reda
Reda is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1904 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Reda's peak popularity came in 1955 when it ranked #1,229. Use the chart and map above to compare Reda's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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