Given name & surname
Reda
“one who is satisfied; content”
Reda is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is satisfied; content.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who is satisfied; content.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1904. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Reda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,207
- 364 boys · 1,843 girls
- Most popular year
- 1955
- 67 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,700 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −38%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,700 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 38.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 23 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,305 as a first name in 2020; 2,900 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Reda’s family of names
Reda has a related form in Rida. Reda has a related form in Rida. Reda has a related form in Red.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Reda
- Reda KatebFrench actor and film directorborn 1977
- Redha TukarSaudi Arabian footballerborn 1975
- Réda BaboucheAlgerian footballerborn 1979
- Reda MansourIsraeli diplomatborn 1965
- Reda KhadraGerman football playerborn 2001
- Reda El AmraniMoroccan tennis playerborn 1988
- Reda JaadiBelgian association football playerborn 1995
- Reda SlimMoroccan association football playerborn 1999
- Reda Agourramfootballerborn 1990
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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