Girls' name · since 1982
Radiance
306 babies named Radiance in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,741 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,225 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 306
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
Radiance currently ranks #11225 among girls' names in America, with 306 babies recorded since 1982.
Radiance has 306 recorded births among girls since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11225 as of the latest data, more common than 35% 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 1982 to 2025.
- #15,741 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,225 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 306 born since 1982
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Radiance ranks #15,741 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,225 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 306 born since 1982, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,741 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,225 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 306
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
Radiance's 306 recorded births place it above 78.23% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Radiance compares
306 45th percentile among 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
Radiance's all-time total is 19% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Radiance | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 306 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 21 | 19,840 |
Radiance's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Radiance's full recorded timeline at 2007, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 27 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Radiance popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (1988)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Radiance by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (78 births, 25% of the file).
2010s was Radiance's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Radiance births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
54 births
- 1990s
1990s
69 births
- 2000s
2000s
53 births
- 2010s
2010s
78 births
- 2020s
2020s
52 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 78 births (25% of all-time use).
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- Radiance's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (78 total births) through the 2020s (52) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Radiance: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1982–2025 (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 Radiance 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.