Jerzy

maleStatistical record

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

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

Jerzy: Recorded since 1949, with a gap of 23 years, it reached #167 in 1959, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
45times a registrar ranked it
76years from first to last
#167highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Jerzy's record

Absent from every published list for 23 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2005–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#3849
2006	#4052
2010	#3865
2011	#3830
2013	#3315
2014	#3362
2016	#4023
2017	#2734
2018	#4749
2019	#3411
2021	#3451
2022	#4789
2024	#5119

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 32 of the 33 years from 1949 to 1981.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1949–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1949
First recorded at #352 among boys in Norway in 1949 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1949–1981
Highest recorded position: #167 among boys in Norway, in 1959 (recorded 1949–1981).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Jerzy appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 32 years beginning in 1949, and has registered 464 births with the name.

Jerzy across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Jerzy's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#352 (1949)	#167 (1959)	#551 (1981)	32 of 33	464 (1949–1981)	28 (1959)
England and Wales · Boys	#3849 (2005)	#2734 (2017)	#5119 (2024)	13 of 20	54 (2005–2024)	7 (2017)

Jerzy 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 Jerzy in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	5	1 of 10	5
1950s	133	10 of 10	13
1960sbusiest	212	10 of 10	21
1970s	100	9 of 10	11
1980s	14	2 of 10	7

Across Norway · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 21 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Jerzy 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 1949 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #167 in Norway in 1959.

Jerzy'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#551	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#466	8	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#622	4	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#508	6	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#335	13	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#432	9	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#379	11	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#367	11	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#346	12	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#392	10	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#218	24	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#234	21	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#255	16	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#266	15	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#220	22	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#195	26	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#217	20	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#202	22	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#237	16	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#184	26	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#172	28	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#167	28	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#194	20	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#183	22	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#268	11	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#248	12	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#250	11	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#281	9	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#304	8	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#361	5	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#309	7	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#352	5	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 1949 and 2024, ranked in 45 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #167, first reached in 1959.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 28 births, registered in Norway in 1959.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 23 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, and 56 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.

Jerry · #213, 43y
Jersey · #363, 24y
Jesiah · #2007, 17y
Jeslyn · #3031, 11y

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.

Derick · #170, 43y
Paraic · #164, 49y
Doreen · #161, 48y
Gwendoline · #174, 45y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Kjellrun · #167, 21y
Eddie · #166, 55y
Gunnhild · #166, 61y
Mikal · #166, 69y

Jerzy was ranked #167 in Norway · Boys in 1959. 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.

Jerzy 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 Jerzy without appearing here.

Jerzy moved ahead of

Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4052 and #1892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #3865 and #4678.
Ludvig Compare
In 1951 they stood at #361 and #297 in Norway · Boys; by 1952 that had become #304 and #367.
Harry Compare
In 1974 they stood at #379 and #376 in Norway · Boys; by 1975 that had become #432 and #460.
Arthur Compare
In 1979 they stood at #622 and #348 in Norway · Boys; by 1980 that had become #466 and #491.

Moved ahead of Jerzy

Gunnar Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2734 and #3040 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #1786.
Daithi Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3451 and #3990 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4789 and #4001.
Oscar Compare
In 1978 they stood at #335 and #430 in Norway · Boys; by 1979 that had become #622 and #344.
Tobias Compare
In 1976 they stood at #335 and #409 in Norway · Boys; by 1977 that had become #508 and #258.

Moved the opposite way to Jerzy

Anders Compare
Between 1949 and 1981 in Norway · Boys, Jerzy went from #352 to #551 while Anders went from #68 to #3.
Andreas Compare
Between 1949 and 1981 in Norway · Boys, Jerzy went from #352 to #551 while Andreas went from #143 to #12.
Christian Compare
Between 1949 and 1981 in Norway · Boys, Jerzy went from #352 to #551 while Christian went from #188 to #10.
Christopher Compare
Between 1949 and 1981 in Norway · Boys, Jerzy went from #352 to #551 while Christopher went from #287 to #132.

Moved the same way as Jerzy

Aksel Compare
Between 1949 and 1981 in Norway · Boys, Jerzy went from #352 to #551 and Aksel from #163 to #340.
Alfred Compare
Between 1949 and 1981 in Norway · Boys, Jerzy went from #352 to #551 and Alfred from #157 to #429.
Arild Compare
Between 1949 and 1981 in Norway · Boys, Jerzy went from #352 to #551 and Arild from #22 to #94.
Arne Compare
Between 1949 and 1981 in Norway · Boys, Jerzy went from #352 to #551 and Arne from #6 to #60.

What's not yet available

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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 1949 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #167 in Norway in 1959. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jerzy

Jerzy at a glance

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jerzy across 2 official records

Jerzy by decade in Norway · Boys

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What stands out in Jerzy's record

Jerzy across 2 official records

Jerzy by decade in Norway · Boys

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