Read
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1914
6 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
308
since 1914
Born a Read? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Read was most popular in 1914, when 6 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.01 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Read in 2025. Not recorded since 2014.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 5 | 12108 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 5 | 12274 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 6 | 10921 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 6 | 10662 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 6 | 9581 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 5 | 10667 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 8 | 7536 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 7 | 7874 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 10 | 5840 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 8 | 6618 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 6 | 7971 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 5 | 8800 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 7 | 6670 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 5 | 8236 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 5 | 8117 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 7 | 6229 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 5 | 6951 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 5 | 6721 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 7 | 4973 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 5 | 6238 |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 7 | 4842 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 7 | 4309 |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 5 | 5101 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1971 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1970 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 5 | 4404 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 5 | 4136 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 6 | 3537 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1964 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 6 | 3646 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 5 | 4065 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1958 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 7 | 3257 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 7 | 3201 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 10 | 2592 |
| 1953 | <5 | — | 8 | 2905 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 5 | 3734 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 6 | 3329 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | 14 | 2022 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 8 | 2788 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 7 | 3096 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 6 | 2996 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 7 | 2964 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1941 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1940 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1939 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 5 | 3534 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 8 | 2629 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 5 | 3645 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1933 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1932 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1931 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1930 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 5 | 3959 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1927 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 5 | 4201 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 6 | 3867 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1922 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1921 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1920 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1919 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 7 | 3368 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1916 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 7 | 3082 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 6 | 2915 |
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