Jaroslaw

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Jaroslaw: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Jaroslaw: Recorded since 1960, with a gap of 15 years, it reached #139 in 1974, and it was last ranked in 2012.

2registrars recorded it
36times a registrar ranked it
53years from first to last
#139highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Jaroslaw's record

Absent from every published list for 15 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Trend unknown

among boys in England and Wales · 2012

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2012	#4805

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 35 of the 37 years from 1960 to 1996.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1960–2012 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1960
First recorded at #330 among boys in Norway in 1960 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1960–1996
Highest recorded position: #139 among boys in Norway, in 1974 (recorded 1960–1996).
Norway · Boys
Most recent1996
Most recently recorded at #579 among boys in Norway, in 1996.
Norway · Boys

Jaroslaw by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Jaroslaw in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	274	10 of 10	27
1970sbusiest	439	10 of 10	44
1980s	260	10 of 10	26
1990s	34	5 of 10	7

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 44 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Jaroslaw appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1960 to 2012. Highest recorded position: #139 in Norway in 1974.

Jaroslaw's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#579	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#583	4	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#402	9	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#393	10	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#492	7	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#374	12	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#346	13	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#237	23	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#234	25	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#245	23	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#200	31	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#194	32	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#189	34	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#184	35	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#196	32	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#155	46	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#183	35	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#155	46	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#155	47	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#183	36	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#139	57	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#175	41	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#182	38	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#140	56	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#172	37	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#149	47	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#164	39	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#175	34	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#159	38	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#163	34	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#175	29	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#242	17	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#221	18	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#327	9	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#330	9	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1960 and 2012, ranked in 36 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #139, first reached in 1974.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 57 births, registered in Norway in 1974.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 15 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2012, and 52 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Jarle · #38, 80y
Jarod · #369, 14y
Jarrod · #51, 37y
Jarvis · #489, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Slawomir · #139, 36y
Zbigniew · #139, 37y
Nicklas · #136, 40y
Sanne · #143, 39y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Jayne · #139, 53y
Lorenzo · #139, 31y
Mac · #139, 41y
Ailish · #138, 62y

Jaroslaw was ranked #139 in Norway · Boys in 1974. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Jaroslaw and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Jaroslaw without appearing here.

Jaroslaw moved ahead of

Ronald Compare
In 1967 they stood at #175 and #168 in Norway · Boys; by 1968 that had become #164 and #208.
Roman Compare
In 1995 they stood at #583 and #405 in Norway · Boys; by 1996 that had become #579 and #596.

Moved ahead of Jaroslaw

Ludvig Compare
In 1993 they stood at #402 and #408 in Norway · Boys; by 1994 that had become #583 and #261.
Phillip Compare
In 1993 they stood at #402 and #474 in Norway · Boys; by 1994 that had become #583 and #320.
Oliver Compare
In 1989 they stood at #374 and #434 in Norway · Boys; by 1990 that had become #492 and #231.
Ben Compare
In 1993 they stood at #402 and #583 in Norway · Boys; by 1994 that had become #583 and #361.

Moved the opposite way to Jaroslaw

Adrian Compare
Between 1960 and 1996 in Norway · Boys, Jaroslaw went from #330 to #579 while Adrian went from #469 to #27.
Alexander Compare
Between 1960 and 1996 in Norway · Boys, Jaroslaw went from #330 to #579 while Alexander went from #319 to #25.
Anders Compare
Between 1960 and 1996 in Norway · Boys, Jaroslaw went from #330 to #579 while Anders went from #51 to #17.
Andreas Compare
Between 1960 and 1996 in Norway · Boys, Jaroslaw went from #330 to #579 while Andreas went from #145 to #2.

Moved the same way as Jaroslaw

Alfred Compare
Between 1960 and 1996 in Norway · Boys, Jaroslaw went from #330 to #579 and Alfred from #182 to #339.
Andrew Compare
Between 1960 and 1996 in Norway · Boys, Jaroslaw went from #330 to #579 and Andrew from #396 to #561.
Anthony Compare
Between 1960 and 1996 in Norway · Boys, Jaroslaw went from #330 to #579 and Anthony from #320 to #502.
Arild Compare
Between 1960 and 1996 in Norway · Boys, Jaroslaw went from #330 to #579 and Arild from #27 to #221.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1960 to 2012. Highest recorded position: #139 in Norway in 1974. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Jaroslaw

Jaroslaw at a glance

What stands out in Jaroslaw's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jaroslaw by decade in Norway · Boys

Jaroslaw appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Jaroslaw

Jaroslaw and the names beside it

Jaroslaw moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Jaroslaw

Moved the opposite way to Jaroslaw

Moved the same way as Jaroslaw

Jaroslaw at a glance

What stands out in Jaroslaw's record

Jaroslaw by decade in Norway · Boys

Jaroslaw appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Jaroslaw

Jaroslaw and the names beside it

Jaroslaw moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Jaroslaw

Moved the opposite way to Jaroslaw

Moved the same way as Jaroslaw