Radka

Name: Radka: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-09-12

given name · Czech · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Radka is a given name, with more bearers in the Czechia than in any other country, where it is the 87th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Czech and Bulgarian, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: weibl. Vom., weibliche Form von.

rarermore common

CZCzechia1 in 199◐
BGBulgaria1 in 299
USUnited States1 in 1.3M

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

: ≈78K ●
: 2 ●
Sources: 125 ●
: 1 in 199 ◐

Spellings & scripts●

RadkaLatin · Czech●253K records

РадкаCyrillic · Bulgarian●126K records

Locally spelled Радка in BG Bulgaria, RU Russia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

weibl. Vom., weibliche Form von

Sources 1

DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Radka is recorded, by country
Country						Most common spelling	Sources
CZ Czechia	#87	53,878△	3K rec.	1 in 199	54K	Radka	125
BG Bulgaria	#39	23,338△	3.5K rec.	1 in 299	23K	Радка	71
SK Slovakia	#411	701	103 rec.	—	—	Radka	63
GB United Kingdom	—	507	624 rec.	—	—	Radka	43
US United States	—	247	4.1K rec.	1 in 1.3M	358	Radka	97
AU Australia	—	214	206 rec.	—	—	Radka	34
ES Spain	—	197△	88 rec.	1 in 254K	201	Radka	18
MK North Macedonia	—	190	0 rec.	1 in 11K	190	—	1
IT Italy	—	94	191 rec.	—	—	Radka	15
CA Canada	—	89	146 rec.	—	—	Radka	14
NL Netherlands	—	53	53 rec.	—	listed	Radka	8
PL Poland	—	37	101 rec.	1 in 1M	267	Radka	34
BE Belgium	—	28	58 rec.	—	—	Radka	6
RU Russia	—	27	49 rec.	—	—	Радка	8
SE Sweden	—	25	14 rec.	1 in 408K	25	—	5
HR Croatia	—	24	17 rec.	—	—	Radka	7
CY Cyprus	—	22	14 rec.	—	—	Radka	8
TR Türkiye	—	19	32 rec.	—	—	Radka	4
DK Denmark	—	16	0 rec.	1 in 367K	16	—	1
IE Ireland	—	12	34 rec.	—	—	Radka	9
IN India	—	10	5 rec.	—	8	Radka	4
RO Romania	—	8	9 rec.	—	—	Radka	1
SI Slovenia	—	7△	3 rec.	1 in 300K	8	—	3
IS Iceland	—	7	—	1 in 50K	7	—	—
NO Norway	—	—	9 rec.	—	98	—	3
FI Finland	—	—	1 rec.	—	39	—	1
AT Austria	—	—	1 rec.	—	4	—	1
AR Argentina	—	—	0 rec.	—	2	—	1
EE Estonia	—	—	—	—	listed	—	—

Roughly 54K people in Czechia bear this name (about 1 in 199). Estimates project the name's share of our records onto national population, so each is only as good as the record base beside it — the Basis column gives that base; rows marked △ rest on fewer records than the estimate itself and are order-of-magnitude at best.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

Czech253K66%
Bulgarian101K26%
English26K7%
Spanish7841%
German7451%

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Languages in which the name is recorded
Name	Records	Note
Czech	253,014	66%
Bulgarian	100,845	26%
English	26,269	7%
Spanish	784	1%
German	745	1%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other recorded senses●

Radka is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

In Russian, dim of Rada.
as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

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Radka in SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023), Sweden, 1999–2020
Year	records
1999	16
2000	16
2001	17
2002	17
2003	17
2004	17
2005	17
2006	17
2007	16
2008	18
2009	18
2010	20
2011	21
2012	21
2013	20
2014	22
2015	24
2016	20
2017	23
2018	24
2019	20
2020	19

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

Radu cel Frumosb. 1438ROnot in their usual nameSon of Vlad II Dracul
Radu Mihneab. 1586TRnot in their usual namelord of Wallachia
Radu Vasileb. 1942ROnot in their usual name57th Prime Minister of Romania (1998-1999)
Radu Lupub. 1945ROnot in their usual nameRomanian pianist (1945–2022)
Radu Mihăileanub. 1958ROnot in their usual nameRomanian-French film director and screenwriter (born 1958)
Radu, Prince Consort of Romaniab. 1960ROnot in their usual nameRomanian Royal
Radu Munteanb. 1971ROnot in their usual nameRomanian film director and screenwriter
Radka Kovaříkováb. 1975CZCzech figure skater and Olympian
Radu Judeb. 1977ROnot in their usual nameRomanian film director
Radu Dragusinb. 2002ROnot in their usual nameRomanian association football player (born 2002)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Attested in 31 sources across 15 countries.

Official registers attesting Radka
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
CZ Czechia	MVČR — living population register 2017	—	54K	#84
CZ Czechia	naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot	—	27K	#93
CZ Czechia	KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)	—	27K	#93
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010	2010	358	#56,972
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020	2020	348	#62,198
US United States	Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000	2000	312	#60,390
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)	2026	267	—
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)	—	267	#12,250
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)	2026	261	—
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)	—	261	#12,769
US United States	Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex	2020	247	#33,126
ES Spain	INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)	—	201	#4,068
ES Spain	INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)	—	197	#9,167
NO Norway	SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)	—	98	#7,824
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	39	#11,837
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)	2026	37	#2,801
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)	—	37	#2,800
SE Sweden	Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)	—	25	#21,468
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	25	#21,341
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2018	24	—
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2015	24	—
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2017	23	—
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2014	22	—
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2012	21	—
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2011	21	—
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2019	20	—
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2020	19	—
DK Denmark	Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)	—	16	#5,738
NO Norway	SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)	—	8	#61,199
SI Slovenia	stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank)	—	8	#5,935
IN India	Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls	—	8	#1,544
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2024	8	#2,939
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2023	8	#2,920
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2020	8	#2,797
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2018	8	#2,723
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2010	8	#2,497
IS Iceland	Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry)	2026	7	#4,607
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2025	7	#3,203
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2022	7	#3,060
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2021	7	#3,039
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2019	7	#2,968
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2017	7	#2,904
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2016	7	#2,866
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2015	7	#2,848
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2014	7	#2,834
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2013	7	#2,800
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2012	7	#2,760
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2011	7	#2,729
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2009	7	#2,619
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2008	7	#2,580
US United States	Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex	2020	4	#33,126
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024)	2024	4	#1,868
DK Denmark	Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)	—	3	#80,194
AR Argentina	RENAPER — births 1922–2015 (Kaggle mirror)	1934	2	—
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present)	2024	1	#3,282
SE Sweden	Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)	—	1	#83,203
EE Estonia	Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023	2023	—	—
CZ Czechia	CZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024)	2019	—	#249
NL Netherlands	Babynamen — Lijst met meer dan 22.000 namen (Amelia King, 2020)	—	—	—
US United States	wru Name Dictionary — US surnames (Census 2010 + voter-file supplement)	—	—	—

Reference works 3

Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
Wikipedia given-name tokens
Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Radka?: We estimate roughly 78 thousand people bear Radka (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.
In which country does Radka have the most bearers?: We estimate about 54 thousand people bear Radka in the Czechia, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled radka.
Where is Radka most common?: Radka is densest in the Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 199 people carrying it.
How common is Radka compared with other names?: In the Czechia, Radka is the 87th most common given name of 28,899 given names recorded there.
Is Radka a male or female name?: Radka is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Radka mean?: Recorded meaning: weibl. Vom., weibliche Form von

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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot 2026-09-12. Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Radka” — the 87th most common given name in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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