Radek
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RAH-dek
- Origin
- Slavic
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Radek is a boys' name of Slavic origin, meaning “glad”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Radek mean?
Slavic: Czech and Polish short form of Rad- names such as Radoslav, from rad 'glad'
“glad”
Other names built on the Slavic element rad, 'glad', include Radomir, Radim and Radovan.
Is Radek a girl's or a boy's name?
Radek is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Radek in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 6 boys.
Radek in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
How popular is Radek in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Radek, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Radek in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Radek in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
Names like Radek
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rayyan Ayaan Musa Yahya Rayan Muhammad River Zayan Arham Rowan Zayaan Bodhi
More Slavic names
Mila Milan Vera Mira Nadia Milana Rayna Zora Milena Raina Damir Lev Siyana Vlad Lilyana Yuri
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Radek: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/radek, updated 20 October 2026.