Radley
Boy · RAD-lee · English
Radley is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “red clearing”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 1,826th for boys in the US (87 babies).
What does Radley mean?
English: English place name and surname
“red clearing”
Boo Radley is the reclusive neighbour in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.
- Say it
- RAD-lee
Is Radley a girl's or a boy's name?
Radley is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 11 girls and 87 boys in the US.
How popular is Radley in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Radley, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 16 boys.
Half of all the boys named Radley in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Radley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 15 | #1,738 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,573 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
How popular is Radley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,826among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 87about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 87 boys in the US were named Radley, making it the 1,826th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,069th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 110 boys. It first appears in the records in 1956. 11 girls were also named Radley in 2025 (8,858th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Radley in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 95 boys in the US were given Radley or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,526, up from #1,826 for this spelling alone.
- Radley 87
- Radlee 8
Radley in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 87 | #1,826 |
| 2024 | 110 | #1,573 |
| 2023 | 91 | #1,774 |
| 2022 | 80 | #1,937 |
| 2021 | 55 | #2,438 |
| 2020 | 68 | #2,069 |
| 2019 | 54 | #2,463 |
| 2018 | 69 | #2,064 |
| 2017 | 54 | #2,387 |
| 2016 | 70 | #2,028 |
| 2015 | 66 | #2,112 |
| 2014 | 78 | #1,872 |
| 2013 | 64 | #2,089 |
| 2012 | 64 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 42 | #2,797 |
| 2010 | 50 | #2,466 |
| 2009 | 38 | #3,044 |
| 2008 | 29 | #3,643 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2006 | 31 | #3,382 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 20 | #2,760 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,555 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
Names like Radley
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Radley
Radlee
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