Ryszard

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ryszard: Recorded since 1952, with a gap of 20 years, it reached #176 in 1956, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
48times a registrar ranked it
73years from first to last
#176highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Ryszard's record

Absent from every published list for 20 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2008–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2008	#4432
2009	#3744
2010	#3332
2011	#4647
2012	#3416
2014	#2459
2015	#2150
2017	#3040
2018	#3011
2019	#2266
2020	#2682
2022	#3048
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 33 of the 36 years from 1952 to 1987.

In 2011: #730 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #4647 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1952–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #269 among boys in Norway in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1952–1987
Highest recorded position: #176 among boys in Norway, in 1956 (recorded 1952–1987).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ryszard appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 33 years beginning in 1952, and has registered 429 births with the name.

Ryszard 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.

Ryszard'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	#269 (1952)	#176 (1956)	#592 (1987)	33 of 36	429 (1952–1987)	27 (1963)
England and Wales · Boys	#4432 (2008)	#2150 (2015)	#5119 (2024)	13 of 17	75 (2008–2024)	10 (2015)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#720 (2010)	#720 (2010)	#730 (2011)	2 of 2	6 (2010–2011)	3 (2010)

Ryszard 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 Ryszard in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	115	8 of 10	14
1960sbusiest	168	10 of 10	17
1970s	121	10 of 10	12
1980s	25	5 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Ryszard 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 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #176 in Norway in 1963.

Ryszard'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	#3048	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2682	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2150	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2459	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#592	5	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#555	6	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#643	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#656	4	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#551	6	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#594	5	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#462	8	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#405	10	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#405	10	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#445	9	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#309	15	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#238	22	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#449	8	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#242	21	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#323	13	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#433	8	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#236	19	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#295	13	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#438	7	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#231	20	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#218	20	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#176	27	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#259	14	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#187	26	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#255	14	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#250	14	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#213	17	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#233	15	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#176	25	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#262	11	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#221	15	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#303	8	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#269	10	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	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 1952 and 2024, ranked in 46 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #176, first reached in 1956.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 27 births, registered in Norway in 1963.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 20 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 58 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.

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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.

Collette · #179, 49y
Dorota · #172, 51y
Carrie · #170, 49y
Elly · #170, 47y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

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

Rene · #175, 68y
Åsne · #172, 68y
Dorota · #172, 51y
Iwona · #181, 36y

Ryszard was ranked #176 in Norway · Boys in 1956. 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.

Ryszard 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 Ryszard without appearing here.

Ryszard moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3416 and #2458 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2150 and #4747.
Brooke Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3416 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2459 and #4632.
Morten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4647 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2459 and #4632.
Ole Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2266 and #1745 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3048 and #4789.

Moved ahead of Ryszard

Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3332 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #4647 and #1398.
Daithi Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3048 and #4001 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3254.
Filip Compare
In 1978 they stood at #462 and #514 in Norway · Boys; by 1979 that had become #594 and #276.
Oliver Compare
In 1978 they stood at #462 and #495 in Norway · Boys; by 1979 that had become #594 and #313.

Moved the opposite way to Ryszard

Adam Compare
Between 1952 and 1987 in Norway · Boys, Ryszard went from #269 to #592 while Adam went from #380 to #118.
Alexander Compare
Between 1952 and 1987 in Norway · Boys, Ryszard went from #269 to #592 while Alexander went from #351 to #12.
Anders Compare
Between 1952 and 1987 in Norway · Boys, Ryszard went from #269 to #592 while Anders went from #70 to #8.
Andreas Compare
Between 1952 and 1987 in Norway · Boys, Ryszard went from #269 to #592 while Andreas went from #119 to #3.

Moved the same way as Ryszard

Arild Compare
Between 1952 and 1987 in Norway · Boys, Ryszard went from #269 to #592 and Arild from #27 to #129.
Arne Compare
Between 1952 and 1987 in Norway · Boys, Ryszard went from #269 to #592 and Arne from #6 to #90.
Arthur Compare
Between 1952 and 1987 in Norway · Boys, Ryszard went from #269 to #592 and Arthur from #187 to #522.
Ben Compare
Between 1952 and 1987 in Norway · Boys, Ryszard went from #269 to #592 and Ben from #294 to #484.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 3 regions, from 1952 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #176 in Norway in 1963. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ryszard

Ryszard at a glance

What stands out in Ryszard's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ryszard across 3 official records

Ryszard by decade in Norway · Boys

Ryszard appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Ryszard at a glance

What stands out in Ryszard's record

Ryszard across 3 official records

Ryszard by decade in Norway · Boys

Ryszard appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Ryszard

Ryszard and the names beside it

Ryszard moved ahead of

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