Radu

maleStatistical record

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

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

Radu: Recorded since 2006, its highest recorded position is #601, and it stood at #2,671 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
19years from first to last
#601highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2006–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#4052
2008	#4432
2010	#3332
2011	#3830
2012	#4805
2013	#3822
2014	#3895
2015	#2483
2016	#1804
2017	#1923
2018	#1683
2019	#1316
2020	#2076
2021	#1860
2022	#2165
2023	#3523
2024	#2671

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 17 of the 19 years from 2006 to 2024.

In 2020: #741 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2076 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2006–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2006
First recorded at #4052 among boys in England and Wales in 2006 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2008–2020
Highest recorded position: #601 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2008 (recorded 2008–2020).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2671 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Radu appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 17 years beginning in 2006, and has registered 137 births with the name.

Radu across 2 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.

Radu'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 · Boys	#4052 (2006)	#1316 (2019)	#2671 (2024)	17 of 19	137 (2006–2024)	19 (2019)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#601 (2008)	#601 (2008)	#741 (2020)	2 of 13	7 (2008–2020)	4 (2008)

Radu by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Radu in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	6	2 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	86	10 of 10	9
2020s	45	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

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

Radu 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 2 regions, from 2006 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #601 in Republic of Ireland in 2008.

Radu'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	male	#2671	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2165	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1860	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2076	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1316	19	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1683	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1923	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1804	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2483	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3822	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 2006 and 2024, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #601, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 2 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.

Radley · #1486, 21y
Radoslaw · #184, 41y
Radwan · #1878, 22y
Rae · #244, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Emanuele · #601, 12y
Hao · #601, 20y
Maksym · #601, 21y
Matus · #601, 14y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Emanuele · #601, 12y
Maksym · #601, 21y
Matus · #601, 14y
Ralfs · #601, 14y

Radu was ranked #601 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2008. 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.

Radu 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 Radu without appearing here.

Radu moved ahead of

Nicola Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3822 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1804 and #4810.
Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2483 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1804 and #4810.
Ada Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4805 and #4805 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1860 and #4789.
Malin Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3895 and #3895 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1923 and #4812.

Moved ahead of Radu

Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3332 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #1398.
Gunnar Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1316 and #2728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2076 and #1935.

Moved the opposite way to Radu

Tor Compare
Between 2006 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Radu went from #4052 to #2165 while Tor went from #2087 to #3449.
Brooke Compare
Between 2006 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Radu went from #4052 to #2076 while Brooke went from #1892 to #4608.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 2 regions, from 2006 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #601 in Republic of Ireland in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Radu

Radu at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Radu across 2 official records

Radu by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Radu appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Radu

Radu and the names beside it

Radu moved ahead of

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Radu at a glance

Radu across 2 official records

Radu by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Radu appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Radu

Radu and the names beside it

Radu moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Radu

Moved the opposite way to Radu