Reda
Feminine · “contentment”
Reda is given to both — 1,843 girls and 364 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Reda is the Arabic word for contentment — a settled, accepting satisfaction rather than a cheerful one — and it is among the more widely used men's names across the Arabic-speaking world. It is not a respelling or a coinage; it is ordinary vocabulary doing ordinary work.
How old is the name Reda?
Reda first appears in US birth records in 1904 — 121 years ago. The typical Reda alive today was born around 1945, making them about 80 years old. About 1,000 people named Reda are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Reda most popular?
Reda peaked in 1938, reaching #1159 nationally. See the whole 1938 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Ridā to Reda
The story of Reda
The name is in the American record because of one state in particular. Michigan holds the largest concentration of Arab Americans in the country — communities that began arriving in the early twentieth century for the car factories and have grown steadily since — and the birth records show it plainly: names common across the Levant and North Africa appear in Michigan at rates that show up nationally. A name can enter a country's record without ever becoming common in it, simply by being ordinary in one place, and this is a clean example.
Meaning
contentment, acceptance
Arabic, and the sense carries a specific religious weight: it is the state of being content with what one has been given. That is a more particular idea than the English word conveys.
How the name formed
- Ridā
- Reda
- Rida
Related forms: Ridā · Reza · Rıza
Pronouncing Reda
REH-dah
Two syllables with the stress at the front. Arabic has a consonant at the end that English does not distinguish, which is why the transliterations vary.
Nicknames for Reda
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1904
- Most girls named
- 195457 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1159reached in 1938
- Change vs 2004
- +20.0%6 in 2012, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Reda in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ridā in Arabic — same name
- Reza in Persian — same name
- Rıza in Turkish — same name
Redas among us
people named Reda are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Reda sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It is short, easy and completely straightforward for English speakers.
- The meaning is specific and unusually thoughtful.
- It is a living everyday name rather than a construction.
- Rida and Reza are the same name and the spellings vary by region.
- It is one letter from an ordinary English color word.
- The record holds girls as well, and the girl is the smaller side.
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Frequently asked
- How many Redas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Reda are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Reda in 2025?
- Reda is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Reda with classmates?
- Reda will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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