Radha

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Radha: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Radha: Recorded since 1996, it reached #215 in 2017, and it stood at #1,672 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
41times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#215highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1914
1997	#2411
1998	#2407
1999	#2770
2000	#3912
2002	#2540
2004	#3725
2005	#4798
2006	#2509
2007	#2627
2008	#2150
2009	#3031
2010	#2843
2011	#4764
2012	#4838
2013	#3160
2014	#2203
2015	#2945
2016	#4096
2017	#3583
2018	#3178
2020	#3899
2021	#2942
2022	#3148
2023	#2201
2024	#1672

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 26 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2023: #302 among girls in Northern Ireland, #2201 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1914 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2013–2023
Highest recorded position: #215 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2017 (recorded 2013–2023).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1672 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Radha appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 26 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 186 births with the name.

Radha across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Radha's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1914 (1996)	#1672 (2024)	#1672 (2024)	26 of 29	186 (1996–2024)	18 (2024)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#370 (2013)	#215 (2017)	#302 (2023)	8 of 11	36 (2013–2023)	8 (2017)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#768 (2012)	#752 (2014)	#883 (2021)	7 of 10	23 (2012–2021)	4 (2012)

Radha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Radha in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	25	4 of 10	6
2000s	50	8 of 10	6
2010s	61	9 of 10	7
2020sbusiest	50	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Radha appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #215 in Northern Ireland in 2017.

Radha's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1672	18	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2942	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2203	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2150	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2627	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1914	8	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#302	5	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#418	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#298	5	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#336	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#434	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#215	8	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#353	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #215, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2012, and 17 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Radhika · #753, 27y
Radia · #1823, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Haydn · #215, 29y
Cai · #214, 29y
Cailin · #213, 30y
Tallulah · #213, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Arwen · #215, 26y
Ember · #215, 24y
Haydn · #215, 29y
Cai · #214, 29y

Radha was ranked #215 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2017. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Radha and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Radha without appearing here.

Radha moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4838 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2203 and #5691.
Kirsten Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3178 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #5581.
Levi Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3899 and #3899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #5581.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3899 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2942 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Radha

Frida Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2540 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #3725 and #1836.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3031 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4764 and #2893.
Alma Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2770 and #3225 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3912 and #2416.
Aria Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2770 and #3225 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3912 and #2416.

Moved the opposite way to Radha

Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Radha went from #3912 to #1672 while Hayden went from #3912 to #5891.

Moved the same way as Radha

Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Radha went from #1914 to #2942 and Carol from #802 to #3519.
Tyler Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Radha went from #1914 to #2942 and Tyler from #230 to #5581.
Finlay Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Radha went from #1914 to #3178 and Finlay from #1646 to #4684.
Helene Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Radha went from #1914 to #3178 and Helene from #1168 to #4684.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #215 in Northern Ireland in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Radha

Radha at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Radha across 3 official records

Radha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Radha appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Radha at a glance

Radha across 3 official records

Radha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Radha appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Radha

Radha and the names beside it

Radha moved ahead of

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