Radames
Boy · rah-dah-MESS
Radames is a boys' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Radames mean?
Name of the hero of Verdi's opera Aida; ultimate source uncertain
Radames is the Egyptian military commander in Verdi's 1871 opera Aida, who loves the Ethiopian princess Aida.
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Is Radames a girl's or a boy's name?
Radames is a boys' name.
How popular is Radames in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1971, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1950.
Half of all the boys named Radames in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
Radames in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 20 | #2,407 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,708 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 15 | #2,964 |
| 1979 | 19 | #2,464 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 27 | #1,858 |
| 1976 | 22 | #2,112 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,360 |
| 1974 | 25 | #1,832 |
| 1973 | 21 | #1,981 |
| 1972 | 26 | #1,721 |
| 1971 | 30 | #1,596 |
| 1970 | 19 | #2,057 |
| 1969 | 16 | #2,129 |
| 1968 | 24 | #1,613 |
| 1967 | 21 | #1,710 |
| 1966 | 15 | #2,042 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1963 | 16 | #2,043 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 14 | #2,241 |
| 1960 | 17 | #1,972 |
| 1959 | 15 | #2,110 |
| 1958 | 11 | #2,504 |
| 1957 | 13 | #2,273 |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 10 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
Names like Radames
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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