Jacek

maleStatistical record

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

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

Jacek: Recorded since 1956, it reached #116 in 1969, and it stood at #4,001 in 2022.

3registrars recorded it
58times a registrar ranked it
67years from first to last
#116highest recorded position
19groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2022

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2859
2006	#3385
2007	#3095
2008	#1596
2009	#1859
2010	#2941
2011	#2194
2012	#2458
2013	#2403
2014	#3362
2015	#1902
2016	#2804
2017	#3040
2022	#4001

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 every year from 1956 to 1995.

In 2014: #609 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #3362 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1956–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1956
First recorded at #426 among boys in Norway in 1956 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1956–1995
Highest recorded position: #116 among boys in Norway, in 1969 (recorded 1956–1995).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #4001 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022.
England and Wales · Boys

Jacek appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 40 years beginning in 1956, and has registered 1,183 births with the name.

Jacek across 3 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.

Jacek'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	#426 (1956)	#116 (1969)	#593 (1995)	40 of 40	1,183 (1956–1995)	70 (1969)
England and Wales · Boys	#2859 (1997)	#1596 (2008)	#4001 (2022)	14 of 26	101 (1997–2022)	13 (2008)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#527 (2007)	#527 (2007)	#609 (2014)	4 of 8	17 (2007–2014)	5 (2008)

Jacek 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 Jacek in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	29	4 of 10	7
1960s	364	10 of 10	36
1970sbusiest	528	10 of 10	53
1980s	231	10 of 10	23
1990s	31	6 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 53 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Jacek 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 3 regions, from 1956 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #116 in Norway in 1969.

Jacek'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
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2804	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1902	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1596	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#593	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#581	4	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#461	7	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#603	4	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#533	6	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#531	6	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#428	9	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#475	8	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#384	11	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#351	13	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#202	31	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#229	24	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#221	26	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#175	39	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#204	28	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#166	42	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#171	41	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#167	40	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#133	54	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#154	47	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#145	50	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#124	68	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#155	49	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#132	63	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#139	56	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#130	60	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#116	70	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#132	55	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#142	47	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#142	49	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#152	40	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#158	38	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#195	23	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#218	19	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#255	14	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#329	9	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#227	16	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#423	5	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#428	4	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#426	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#604	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#529	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1956 and 2022, ranked in 54 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #116, first reached in 1969.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 70 births, registered in Norway in 1969.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 51 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.

Jac · #246, 29y
Jace · #200, 29y
Jacinta · #53, 57y
Jacintha · #194, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Colum · #115, 49y
Eanna · #115, 57y
Fiachra · #115, 58y
Maire · #113, 54y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Amina · #116, 72y
Nadia · #116, 66y
Alicja · #114, 65y
Gabriela · #119, 64y

Jacek was ranked #116 in Norway · Boys in 1969. 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.

Jacek 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 Jacek without appearing here.

Jacek moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3385 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1859 and #4527.
Kim Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3095 and #2435 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1596 and #3687.
Sander Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2941 and #2941 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2194 and #3830.
Malin Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3385 and #3385 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #3095 and #4333.

Moved ahead of Jacek

Rune Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3040 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4001 and #1609.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3040 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4001 and #2018.
Leif Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2403 and #2954 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #3362 and #1935.
Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2941 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #2194 and #1398.

Moved the opposite way to Jacek

Adrian Compare
Between 1958 and 1995 in Norway · Boys, Jacek went from #423 to #593 while Adrian went from #449 to #29.
Brian Compare
Between 1958 and 1995 in Norway · Boys, Jacek went from #423 to #593 while Brian went from #455 to #267.
Jonathan Compare
Between 1958 and 1995 in Norway · Boys, Jacek went from #423 to #593 while Jonathan went from #428 to #118.
Oliver Compare
Between 1959 and 1995 in Norway · Boys, Jacek went from #227 to #593 while Oliver went from #478 to #178.

Moved the same way as Jacek

Ronald Compare
Between 1956 and 1992 in Norway · Boys, Jacek went from #426 to #603 and Ronald from #166 to #624.
Jason Compare
Between 1969 and 1995 in Norway · Boys, Jacek went from #116 to #593 and Jason from #414 to #595.

What's not yet available

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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 3 regions, from 1956 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #116 in Norway in 1969. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Jacek

Jacek at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jacek across 3 official records

Jacek by decade in Norway · Boys

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Jacek at a glance

Jacek across 3 official records

Jacek by decade in Norway · Boys

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Jacek

Jacek and the names beside it

Jacek moved ahead of

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