# Radek (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/radek/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 182 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 182 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 32, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 17 | 5,489 |
| 2010 | 12 | 6,995 |
| 2011 | 11 | 7,379 |
| 2012 | 10 | 7,994 |
| 2013 | 8 | 9,452 |
| 2014 | 14 | 6,228 |
| 2015 | 7 | 10,365 |
| 2016 | 9 | 8,654 |
| 2017 | 6 | 11,863 |
| 2018 | 5 | 13,646 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,569 |
| 2021 | 6 | 11,804 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,825 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8,764 |
| 2025 | 5 | 13,424 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Radek

- Radek Štěpánek, Czech tennis player
- Radek Černý, Czech footballer
- Radek Bejbl, Czech soccer player and soccer representant
- Radek Faksa, Czech ice hockey player
- Radek Dvořák, Czech ice hockey player
- Radek Šírl, Czech soccer player and agent
- Radek Drulák, Czech footballer
- Radek Bonk, Czech ice hockey player
- Radek Juška, Czech long jumper
- Radek Martínek, Czech ice hockey player
- Radek Vítek, Czech association football player (born 2003)
- Radek Šlouf, Czech canoeist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.