Radoslav

Boys' name

Glad, happy + glory

Radoslav has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 1976. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1976, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Radoslav, 1976

1 in 607,000

Radoslav over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Radoslav: meaning, origin, and history

Glad, happy + glory

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Radoslav means

Radoslav means “glad, happy + glory”, associated with radъ and slava.

Origin, language, and formation

Radoslav is used in Czech, Old Czech, Serbo-Croatian and Slovak.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Czech, Radoslav is pronounced [ˈradoslaf].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Radoslav between 1976 and 1976. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1976; its best national rank was #6,261 in 1976.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Radoslav?

Radoslav had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1976, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1976: 1 in 607,000; 5 of 3,034,007 births
Among boys only: 1 in 314,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1976: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 420,604 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Radoslav sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1976 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 420,604 children born in 1976 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Radoslav. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Radoslavs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Radoslav was born before 1976 — so the typical Radoslav is around 49 today.

Median birth year: 1976; About 49 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Radoslav rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1976 (5)
Years since peak: 49; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #6,261; 1976

Radoslav around the world

Where Radoslav ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2010–2025
#5,137
in 2025
France
1973–1973
#1,999
in 1973
South Australia
1977–1977
#455
in 1977

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Radoslav by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #6,261; 1976
Peak year: 1976; 5 that year
First recorded: 1976
Last recorded: 1976
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Radoslav

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Radoslav

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Chanda Jason Cary Kevin Karie Brandee Sunshine Sommer

For a brother

Andrea Jamey Torrey Federico Giuseppe Abdul Tory Aric

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