MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Radha mean?
Rādhā is Krishna's companion in devotional literature, while the Sanskrit lexical family of rādh concerns success and accomplishment. Radhika is a familiar expanded form of this name.
Pronunciation
IAST: rādhā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
राधा
Letter-by-letter: rādhā
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Radha in Indian usage
710,807 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (92.7%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 658,667 records (92.7%).
- Recorded as male: 52,140 records (7.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 2,390 |
| 1930s | 11,352 |
| 1940s | 31,657 |
| 1950s | 65,639 |
| 1960s | 131,966 |
| 1970s | 143,922 |
| 1980s | 177,622 |
| 1990s | 146,038 |
| Other decades | 221 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 174,551 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 113,838 |
| Bihar | 100,692 |
| Rajasthan | 91,743 |
| Odisha | 58,210 |
| Kerala | 53,953 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 33,290 |
| Jharkhand | 21,754 |
| Uttarakhand | 16,049 |
| Haryana | 15,705 |
| Punjab | 8,474 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 8,361 |
| Delhi | 4,313 |
| Karnataka | 2,689 |
| Puducherry | 1,578 |
| Goa | 1,171 |
| Tripura | 1,059 |
| Maharashtra | 787 |
| Chandigarh | 698 |
| Assam | 648 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 265 |
| Meghalaya | 241 |
| Sikkim | 221 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 190 |
| Manipur | 103 |
| Other states | 224 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Radha / F | 11 | 2,440 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Radha; Table_6, C2563 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Radha; Table_6, C2563
- Wiktionary: Radha ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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