Radley
Radley is a village and civil parish about 2 miles (3 km) northeast of the centre of Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The parish includes the hamlet of Lower Radley on the River Thames. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.
Meaning & Origin of Radley
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Radley is a village and civil parish about 2 miles (3 km) northeast of the centre of Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The parish includes the hamlet of Lower Radley on the River Thames. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire.
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The Story of Radley
As a girl name
Radley first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 2010, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2016: 17 births, good for #6,900 nationwide. About 65% of every Radley on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Radley last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 123 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Radley on the record books as a boy name in 1956, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2026, when 115 Radleys were born — ranking #1,538 that year. About 36% of every Radley on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Radley ranks #1,538 for boys with 115 births, rising sharply (+68% over the past five years). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Radley
Radley is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1956 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Radley's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #1,538. Use the chart and map above to compare Radley's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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