unisex name

Reda

  • Origin Arabic
  • Gender Unisex
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 8,680

France

#954

2025 births

Reda is a unisex name with 2 syllables. It is given to both girls and boys — about 21% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2025 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Reda is a name of Arabic origin.
  • Peaked in France in 2009, when 230 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade in France.
  • Today about 1 in 14,737 babies in France is given this name.
  • Reda started out as a girls' name and is now given almost entirely to boys.
  • First appears in birth records in 1949.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Reda over time

Births per decade in France, 1940s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,930
'40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Reda by decade in France
Decade Births
1940s 5
1950s 30
1960s 85
1970s 245
1980s 640
1990s 1,205
2000s 1,930
2010s 1,465
2020s (to 2025) 365

How popular is Reda?

In 2025, Reda was given to 40 babies in France, ranking #954 that year. It is a rare choice.

Where Reda is used

France #954 45 in 2025
Canada #2,181 9 in 2024
England & Wales #4,622 4 in 2024
United States #10,971 6 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

How Reda is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Réda Réda is a rare spelling of Reda, written with an acute accent and recorded about 520 times, mostly in France. 520

Names that peaked alongside Reda

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Reda also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Reda over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Reda

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Reda — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Reda

How popular is the name Reda?

In 2025, Reda was given to 40 babies in France, ranking #954 that year. It is a rare choice.

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

Reda is used for both girls and boys. About 21% of recorded births with this name are girls.

How many syllables are in Reda?

Reda has 2 syllables.

When was Reda most popular?

Reda peaked in 2009, when 230 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Reda a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Reda currently ranks #954 in France. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.

Was Reda originally a boys' or girls' name?

Reda was given mostly to girls in the earliest US birth records and is now given almost entirely to boys.