How Many People Are Named Red?
An estimated 165 people in the United States have the first name Red. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 17 years old, and Red peaked in popularity in 2024 with 18 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Red as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Red paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
165
About 1 in 2,077,299 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
17
years old
Peak Year
2024
18 births
Total Registered
380
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Red
Red is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 380 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Red as a male name
Ranked #5,381 in 2024
18 male births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (18 births)
Red: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Red span from the 1880s to the 2020s, covering 11 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1920s, when 93 babies were registered. While Red is less common than at its peak in the 1920s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Red by Decade
How has Red tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Red + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Red as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Red
Other first names starting with R with a similar number of bearers.
Red: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Red?
We estimate approximately 165 people named Red are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 2,077,299 Americans share this first name.
Is Red a common name?
Red is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 71.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 380 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Red most popular?
Red reached peak popularity in 2024, when 18 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Red is approximately 17 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Red a male name?
Red is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Red Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Red Smith, Red Johnson, Red Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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