boy's name

Redmond

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 957

Ireland

#797

2018 births

Redmond is a boy's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 26 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2023, when 28 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 127,518 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1889.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Redmond over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s 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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Births named Redmond by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 6
1900s 5
1910s 53
1920s 79
1930s 63
1940s 39
1950s 42
1960s 45
1970s 8
1980s 63
1990s 107
2000s 43
2010s 154
2020s (to 2025) 112

How popular is Redmond?

In 2025, Redmond was given to 26 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Redmond is used

Ireland #797 3 in 2018
Canada #3,040 5 in 2018
United States #4,061 26 in 2025
England & Wales #5,208 3 in 2019

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 Redmond

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

Parents who like Redmond also like

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

Sibling names for Redmond

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

Common questions about Redmond

How popular is the name Redmond?

In 2025, Redmond was given to 26 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

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

Redmond is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Redmond?

Redmond has 2 syllables.

When was Redmond most popular?

Redmond peaked in 2023, when 28 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Redmond a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Redmond currently ranks #4,061 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.