Janusz

maleStatistical record

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

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

Janusz: Recorded since 1950, with a gap of 13 years, it reached #160 in 1968, and it was last ranked in 2012.

2registrars recorded it
37times a registrar ranked it
63years from first to last
#160highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Janusz's record

Absent from every published list for 13 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2012

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2419
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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 35 of the 38 years from 1950 to 1987.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1950–2012 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1950
First recorded at #328 among boys in Norway in 1950 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1950–1987
Highest recorded position: #160 among boys in Norway, in 1968 (recorded 1950–1987).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2012
Most recently recorded at #4805 among boys in England and Wales, in 2012.
England and Wales · Boys

Janusz appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 35 years beginning in 1950, and has registered 616 births with the name.

Janusz 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.

Janusz'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	#328 (1950)	#160 (1968)	#574 (1987)	35 of 38	616 (1950–1987)	42 (1968)
England and Wales · Boys	#2419 (1998)	#2419 (1998)	#4805 (2012)	2 of 15	7 (1998–2012)	4 (1998)

Janusz 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 Janusz in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	96	8 of 10	12
1960sbusiest	228	10 of 10	23
1970s	217	10 of 10	22
1980s	75	7 of 10	11

Across Norway · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 23 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Janusz 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 1950 to 2012. Highest recorded position: #160 in Norway in 1968.

Janusz'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
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#574	5	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#504	7	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#331	14	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#416	10	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#394	11	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#281	17	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#386	11	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#231	23	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#448	8	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#363	12	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#300	15	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#240	21	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#205	30	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#243	21	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#188	36	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#202	29	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#230	22	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#223	24	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#160	42	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#220	22	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#266	15	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#208	23	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#180	28	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#221	20	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#213	20	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#344	8	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#179	26	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#186	23	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#200	19	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#209	18	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#260	12	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#299	8	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#338	6	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#382	4	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#328	6	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 1950 and 2012, ranked in 37 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #160, first reached in 1968.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 42 births, registered in Norway in 1968.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 13 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, and 48 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.

Jannicke · #49, 56y
Jannike · #167, 48y
Janvi · #834, 28y
Japheth · #2435, 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.

Feargal · #159, 33y
Miceal · #159, 35y
Carole · #162, 35y
Juni · #162, 34y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

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

Ann-Christin · #159, 32y
Annika · #157, 66y
Janicke · #166, 40y
Elisa · #167, 58y

Janusz was ranked #160 in Norway · Boys in 1968. 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.

Janusz 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 Janusz without appearing here.

Janusz moved ahead of

Harry Compare
In 1979 they stood at #448 and #446 in Norway · Boys; by 1980 that had become #386 and #634.
Ronald Compare
In 1986 they stood at #504 and #479 in Norway · Boys; by 1987 that had become #574 and #639.
Alfred Compare
In 1961 they stood at #344 and #220 in Norway · Boys; by 1962 that had become #213 and #231.

Moved ahead of Janusz

Julian Compare
In 1984 they stood at #331 and #334 in Norway · Boys; by 1985 that had become #504 and #247.
Matthew Compare
In 1984 they stood at #331 and #351 in Norway · Boys; by 1985 that had become #504 and #267.
Joseph Compare
In 1984 they stood at #331 and #504 in Norway · Boys; by 1985 that had become #504 and #272.
Oscar Compare
In 1984 they stood at #331 and #353 in Norway · Boys; by 1985 that had become #504 and #286.

Moved the opposite way to Janusz

Alexander Compare
Between 1950 and 1987 in Norway · Boys, Janusz went from #328 to #574 while Alexander went from #322 to #12.
Anders Compare
Between 1950 and 1987 in Norway · Boys, Janusz went from #328 to #574 while Anders went from #65 to #8.
Andreas Compare
Between 1950 and 1987 in Norway · Boys, Janusz went from #328 to #574 while Andreas went from #122 to #3.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1950 and 1987 in Norway · Boys, Janusz went from #328 to #574 while Benjamin went from #345 to #125.

Moved the same way as Janusz

Arild Compare
Between 1950 and 1987 in Norway · Boys, Janusz went from #328 to #574 and Arild from #24 to #129.
Arne Compare
Between 1950 and 1987 in Norway · Boys, Janusz went from #328 to #574 and Arne from #6 to #90.
Arthur Compare
Between 1950 and 1987 in Norway · Boys, Janusz went from #328 to #574 and Arthur from #201 to #522.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1950 and 1987 in Norway · Boys, Janusz went from #328 to #574 and Bjørn from #3 to #25.

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 2 regions, from 1950 to 2012. Highest recorded position: #160 in Norway in 1968. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Janusz

Janusz at a glance

What stands out in Janusz's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Janusz across 2 official records

Janusz by decade in Norway · Boys

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What stands out in Janusz's record

Janusz across 2 official records

Janusz by decade in Norway · Boys

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Janusz

Janusz and the names beside it

Janusz moved ahead of

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