boy's name

Redford

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 278

Redford is a boy's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 21 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2025, when 21 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 157,878 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1913.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Redford over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'10 '30 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Redford by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 5
1930s 11
2000s 12
2010s 98
2020s (to 2025) 97

How popular is Redford?

In 2025, Redford was given to 21 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Redford is used

United States #4,851 21 in 2025
England & Wales #6,524 3 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.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Redford

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

Parents who like Redford also like

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

Sibling names for Redford

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

Common questions about Redford

How popular is the name Redford?

In 2025, Redford was given to 21 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

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

Redford is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Redford?

Redford has 2 syllables.

When was Redford most popular?

Redford peaked in 2025, when 21 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Redford a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Redford currently ranks #4,851 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.