Girls' name · since 1971
Radha
Radha has 984 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,609 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,841 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 984
- born since 1971
- 2010s
- peak decade
984 babies have been named Radha since 1971, making it today's #2841 girls' name.
Radha has 984 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2841 as of the latest data, more common than 84% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #7,609 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,841 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 984 born since 1971
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Radha ranks #7,609 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,841 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 984 born since 1971, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,609 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,841 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 984
- born since 1971
- 2010s
- peak decade
Radha's 984 recorded births place it above 89.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Radha compares
984 Top 32% higher than 68% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Radha's all-time total is 162% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Radha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 984 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 60 | 21 | 19,840 |
Radha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Radha's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 68% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 32%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1975, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 60, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Radha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 60
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Radha by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (249 births, 25% of the file).
2010s was Radha's strongest decade.
249 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Radha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 73
1970s
73 births
- 1980s
1980s
102 births
- 1990s
1990s
152 births
- 2000s
2000s
218 births
- 2010s
2010s
249 births
- 2020s
2020s
190 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 249 births (25% of all-time use).
How Radha compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Radha's total volume
Radha by state
Where Radha concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 80 | 8.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 25 | 2.5% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 23 | 2.3% |
| #4 | New York | | 20 | 2.0% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.5% |
80 of 984 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Radha's data
- Radha's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (249 total births) through the 2020s (190) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Radhas (80 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Radha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~54 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1971–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Radha draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.